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6430781

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
8
pubmed:dateCreated
1984-9-12
pubmed:abstractText
Intestinal infection by the coccidian parasite Cryptosporidium is a well-recognized condition in immunocompromised hosts and in some normal persons. The authors studied a patient with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome and cryptosporidiosis of the small intestine. The parasite inhabits the microvillous brush border of the intestinal epithelium and must be carefully sought on light microscopic examination of intestinal biopsy specimens. Characteristic life cycle stages are observed on electron microscopy. The absence of significant light microscopic alterations of the villous architecture in this patient's biopsy specimen and in other cases suggests that other factors, such as toxin elaboration by cryptosporidia or other organisms, may be involved in the pathogenesis of diarrhea. Abnormal aggregation of lysosomes at the apices of intestinal epithelial cells may reflect ineffective host phagocytic mechanisms.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0046-8177
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
15
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
746-52
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1984
pubmed:articleTitle
Cryptosporidiosis of the human small intestine: a light and electron microscopic study.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports