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*Extremely small intracellular microorganisms. | *Extremely small intracellular microorganisms. | ||
**Human pathogenic organisms in this group include: ''Enterocytozoon bieneusi'', ''Encephalitozoon hellem'', and ''Encephalitozoon intestinalis''.<ref name=pmid21844802/> | **Human pathogenic organisms in this group include: ''Enterocytozoon bieneusi'', ''Encephalitozoon hellem'', and ''Encephalitozoon intestinalis''.<ref name=pmid21844802/> | ||
*Important in the context of [[HIV]]/AIDS | *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> and solid organ transplant recipients. | ||
*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> | *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/> | Clinical:<ref name=pmid21844802/> | ||
*Diarrhea. | *Diarrhea. | ||
* | *Weight loss. | ||
*Abdominal pain. | |||
===Microscopic=== | ===Microscopic=== | ||
Features: | Features: | ||
*Non-specific changes on light microscopy. | *Non-specific changes on light microscopy. | ||
** | **Partial villus atrophy (villous blunting) and crypt hyperplasia.<ref name=pmid21844802/> | ||
Image: | Image: | ||