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===Stains=== | ===Stains=== | ||
*[[Giemsa stain]] - highlights organisms. | *[[Giemsa stain]] - highlights organisms. | ||
==Microsporidiosis== | |||
===General=== | |||
*Extremely small intracellular microorganisms. | |||
*Important in the context of [[HIV]]/AIDS.<ref name=pmid12775504>{{Cite journal | last1 = Orenstein | first1 = JM. | title = Diagnostic pathology of microsporidiosis. | journal = Ultrastruct Pathol | volume = 27 | issue = 3 | pages = 141-9 | month = | year = | doi = | PMID = 12775504 }}</ref> | |||
*May be seen in immune competent individuals.<ref name=pmid21844802>{{Cite journal | last1 = Didier | first1 = ES. | last2 = Weiss | first2 = LM. | title = Microsporidiosis: not just in AIDS patients. | journal = Curr Opin Infect Dis | volume = 24 | issue = 5 | pages = 490-5 | month = Oct | year = 2011 | doi = 10.1097/QCO.0b013e32834aa152 | PMID = 21844802 }}</ref> | |||
Clinical:<ref name=pmid21844802/> | |||
*Diarrhea. | |||
===Microscopic=== | |||
Features: | |||
*Non-specific changes on light microscopy. | |||
**Blunting of intestinal villi. | |||
Image: | |||
*[http://images.wellcome.ac.uk/indexplus/result.html?_IXMAXHITS_=1&_IXACTION_=query&_IXFIRST_=5&_IXemailreal=true&_IXbox=50007&_IXSPFX_=templates%2Ft&_IXFPFX_=templates%2Ft Microsporidiosis (wellcome.ac.uk)]. | |||
=Viruses= | =Viruses= | ||