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Small Subunit rRNA Sequence of Enterocytozoon bieneusi and Its Potential Diagnostic Role with Use of the Polymerase Chain Reaction
1 Dec 1993
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In the past several years, microsporidia have become recognized as another important group of opportunistic infections of immunocompromised patients, especially those with AIDS. Enteric infections with the noncultivatable microsporidian parasite Enterocytozoon bieneusi have been diagnosed from AIDS patients with chronic diarrhea, malabsorption, and wasting. The incidence of infection and mechanism of transmission...
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