Occurrence of a new microsporidan: Enterocytozoon bieneusi n.g., n. sp., in the enterocytes of a human patient with AIDS. NLM AIDSLINE Important note: Information in this article was accurate in 1985. The state of the art may have changed since the publication date.

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Occurrence of a new microsporidan: Enterocytozoon bieneusi n.g., n. sp., in the enterocytes of a human patient with AIDS.

J Protozool. 1985 May;32(2):250-4. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/85237148
Desportes I; Le Charpentier Y; Galian A; Bernard F; Cochand-Priollet B; Lavergne A; Ravisse P; Modigliani R

Abstract: A new microsporidium is reported infesting the enterocytes of a Haitian patients with AIDS. The stages observed were diplokaryotic cells, sporogonial plasmodia, unikaryotic sporoblasts, and spores. Neither a sporophorous vesicle (pansporoblastic membrane) nor parasitophorous vacuole were differentiated around the developmental stages, which were in direct contact with the host cell cytoplasm. The polar tube (5-6 coils) was differentiated before fission of the sporogonial plasmodium. The mature spores measured 1.5 micron X 0.5 micron. The spore wall was very thin as the endospore was absent or poorly differentiated. The organism is named Enterocytozoon bieneusi n. g., n. sp. and is assigned to the suborder Apansporoblastina.
Keywords: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/*PARASITOLOGY Animal Duodenum/*PARASITOLOGY/ULTRASTRUCTURE Human Ileum/*PARASITOLOGY/ULTRASTRUCTURE Intestinal Mucosa/PARASITOLOGY Male Microscopy, Electron Nomenclature Protozoa/CLASSIFICATION/*GROWTH & DEVELOPMENT/ULTRASTRUCTURE Spores/ULTRASTRUCTURE JOURNAL ARTICLE

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