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Microsporidia and coccidia as causes of persistence diarrhea among liver transplant children: incidence rate and species/genotypes.
The Pediatric infectious disease journal - 1 Feb 2013
Agholi Mahmoud, Hatam Gholam Reza, Motazedian Mohammad Hossein
Abstract excerpt
We determined species/genotype(s) of enteric microsporidia and coccidia causing diarrhea among 44 liver transplant children in Shiraz Nemazee hospital using acid-fast-trichrome staining and polymerase chain reaction-sequencing techniques. Enterocytozoon bieneusi (genotype D), Cryptosporidium (parvum and meleagridis) were detected in 6.81% and 11.36% of the children, respectively.
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