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"Ghost" forms of Giardia lamblia cysts initially misdiagnosed as Isospora
Abstract:
Because of their distinctive morphology the cysts of Giardia lamblia usually are not mistaken for cysts or eggs of other intestinal parasites. At a hospital laboratory in Kentucky a case of giardiasis was encountered in which the initial fecal examination revealed only degenerated cysts of Giardia which were mistaken for the oocysts of Isospora at the one-sporoblast stage.