Nosema like organisms found in an immunocompetent human patient: First report in Central América

• Misael Chinchilla ^[1] ; Liliana Reyes ; Olga M. Guerrero
  1. [1] Universidad de Costa Rica

     Universidad de Costa Rica

     Hospital, Costa Rica

     
• Localización: Parasitología latinoamericana, ISSN-e 0717-7712, ISSN 0717-7704, Vol. 57, Nº. 1-4, 2002, págs. 69-71
• Idioma: inglés
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  • Stool samples of a immunocompetent hypertense 61-year old woman were stained by the Weber et al. method and studied by electronic microscopy. Mature microsporidia spores were found and according to their diplokaryotic nuclei, as well as the typical polar filament with 12 coils, the organisms was classified as Nosema like genus.