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Specific and rapid detection of Microsporidia in stool specimens from AIDS patients by PCR
C Ombrouck1, L Ciceron, I Desportes-Livage
1Unité INSERM 313, CHU Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris.
Parasite (Paris, France)
|March 1, 1996
Abstract:
Two microsporidian species, Enterocytozoon bieneusi and Encephalitozoon intestinalis, are the cause of diarrhoea and wasting syndrome in AIDS patients. A new PCR assay is proposed for the rapid and specific detection of these parasites in stools.