Isospora belli and Cryptosporidium sp. from a patient not suspected of having acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. NLM AIDSLINE Important note: Information in this article was accurate in 1988. The state of the art may have changed since the publication date.

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Isospora belli and Cryptosporidium sp. from a patient not suspected of having acquired immunodeficiency syndrome.

Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis. 1987 Nov;8(3):197-9. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/88151437
Peters CS; Kathpalia SB; Chittom-Swiatlo AL; Kallick CA; Sherer R; Kocka FE; Division of Microbiology, Cook County Hospital-Hektoen Institute; for Medical Research, Chicago, IL 60612.

Abstract: Several protozoa including Cryptosporidium sp. and Isospora belli were found in a stool specimen from a patient not suspected of having Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS). As a result of the parasitologic findings, serologic tests were ordered that verified the diagnosis of AIDS. All stool specimens are routinely tested for presence of acid fast organisms with a modified acid fast technique.
Keywords: Adult Case Report Coccidiosis/*ETIOLOGY Cryptosporidiosis/*ETIOLOGY Diarrhea/*ETIOLOGY/PARASITOLOGY Feces/PARASITOLOGY Female Human HIV Seropositivity/*COMPLICATIONS Pregnancy Pregnancy Complications, Infectious/*PARASITOLOGY JOURNAL ARTICLE

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