Diagnosis of encephalitozoonosis in man by serological tests

Encephalitozoon cuniculi, young boy born in Colombia who had seizures and arthritic symptoms, indirect immunofluorescence test clearly positive for parasitic infection, injections of patient's urine into experimental animals resulted in growth of organisms indistinguishable from E. cuniculi, pr...

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Veröffentlicht in:	BMJ 1984-03, Vol.288 (6421), p.902-902
Hauptverfasser:	Bergquist, N R, Stintzing, G, Smedman, L, Waller, T, Andersson, T
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Animal hospitals Antibodies Biological and medical sciences Child, Preschool Encephalitozoon cuniculi Encephalitozoon cuniculi - immunology Encephalitozoonosis Fluorescent Antibody Technique Human mycoses Humans Immunoglobulin M - analysis Infections Infectious diseases Male Medical sciences Mycoses Parasites Pathology, Protozoa Physicians Protozoan Infections - diagnosis serodiagnosis Serologic tests Short Reports T lymphocytes Urine
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Zusammenfassung:	Encephalitozoon cuniculi, young boy born in Colombia who had seizures and arthritic symptoms, indirect immunofluorescence test clearly positive for parasitic infection, injections of patient's urine into experimental animals resulted in growth of organisms indistinguishable from E. cuniculi, probably first documentation of antibodies as well as parasite in human
ISSN:	0007-1447 0267-0623 0959-8138 1468-5833
DOI:	10.1136/bmj.288.6421.902