Isospora belli Infection: Observation of Unicellular Cysts in Mesenteric Lymphoid Tissues of a Brazilian Patient with AIDS and Animal Inoculation

JACOB K. FRENKEL; MARCIA BENEDITA DE OLIVEIRA SILVA; JOAO SALDANHA; MARIO LEON DE SILVA; V. DALMO CORREIA FILHO; CRISTINA HUEB BARATA; ELIANE LAGES; LUIS EDUARDO RAMIREZ; ALUIZIO PRATA

doi:10.1368/1066-5234(2003)050[0682:IBIOOU]2.0.CO;2

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JACOB K. FRENKEL,¹ MARCIA BENEDITA DE OLIVEIRA SILVA,² JOAO SALDANHA,³ MARIO LEON DE SILVA,⁴ V. DALMO CORREIA FILHO,⁴ CRISTINA HUEB BARATA,⁴ ELIANE LAGES,² LUIS EDUARDO RAMIREZ,² ALUIZIO PRATA⁴

¹aDepartment of Biology, Univ of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA
²bDepartamento de Ciencias Biologicas-Parasitologia, Faculdade de Medicina do Triângulo Mineiro (FMTM
³cDepartamento de Patologia, Faculdade de Medicina do Triângulo Mineiro (FMTM), Uberaba, MG, BRAZIL
⁴dDepartamento de Doencas Infecciosas, Faculdade de Medicina do Triângulo Mineiro (FMTM), Uberaba, MG

Abstract

We describe the finding of unizoic cysts of Isospora belli in lymphoid tissues of a Brazilian patient with AIDS, and discuss the possibilities of their drug resistance, they being the cause of relapses, and of being an indication for the existence of intermediary or paratenic animal hosts.

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JACOB K. FRENKEL, MARCIA BENEDITA DE OLIVEIRA SILVA, JOAO SALDANHA, MARIO LEON DE SILVA, V. DALMO CORREIA FILHO, CRISTINA HUEB BARATA, ELIANE LAGES, LUIS EDUARDO RAMIREZ, and ALUIZIO PRATA "Isospora belli Infection: Observation of Unicellular Cysts in Mesenteric Lymphoid Tissues of a Brazilian Patient with AIDS and Animal Inoculation," The Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology 50(6), 682-684, (1 November 2003). https://doi.org/10.1368/1066-5234(2003)050[0682:IBIOOU]2.0.CO;2

Published: 1 November 2003