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==Cryptosporidiosis==
==Cryptosporidiosis==
===General===
*Caused by cryptosporidium.
*Fecal-oral transmission.
*Usu. in immunoincompetent individuals, e.g. [[HIV|HIV/AIDS]].
===Microscopic===
Features:
*Uniform spherical nodules 2-4 micrometres in diameter, typical location - GI tract brush border.
*Uniform spherical nodules 2-4 micrometres in diameter, typical location - GI tract brush border.
*Tip-off -- '''key feature''' -- bluish staining of brush border
**Bluish staining of brush border '''key feature''' - low power.
*Images:
 
**[http://www.co.hennepin.mn.us/portal/site/HCInternet/menuitem.3f94db53874f9b6f68ce1e10b1466498/?vgnextoid=bab360a6bb9fc010VgnVCM1000000f094689RCRD Micrograph of cryptosporidium in the gallbladder (hennepin.mn.us)].
Images:
**[http://www.tulane.edu/~wiser/protozoology/notes/images/cp_path.gif Schematic picture of cryptosporidium & bowel (tulane.edu)].
*[http://www.co.hennepin.mn.us/portal/site/HCInternet/menuitem.3f94db53874f9b6f68ce1e10b1466498/?vgnextoid=bab360a6bb9fc010VgnVCM1000000f094689RCRD Micrograph of cryptosporidium in the gallbladder (hennepin.mn.us)].
**[http://www.brown.edu/Courses/Digital_Path/systemic_path/GI/cryptosporidiosis.html Micrograph of cryptosporidiosis (brown.edu)].
*[http://www.tulane.edu/~wiser/protozoology/notes/images/cp_path.gif Schematic picture of cryptosporidium & bowel (tulane.edu)].
*[http://www.brown.edu/Courses/Digital_Path/systemic_path/GI/cryptosporidiosis.html Micrograph of cryptosporidiosis (brown.edu)].
*[http://www.sciencephoto.com/images/download_lo_res.html?id=670052525 Cryptosporidium - colon (sciencephoto.com)].


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