Prevalence of Microsporidiosis Due to Enterocytozoon bieneusi and Encephalitozoon (Septata) intestinalis Among Patients with AIDS-Related Diarrhea: Determination by Polymerase Chain Reaction to the Microsporidian Small-Subunit rRNA Gene

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Microsporidia are emerging as opportunistic pathogens in patients with AIDS. Enterocytozoon bieneusi and Encephalitozoon (Septata) intestinalis have been implicated in enteric infections in AIDS patients with chronic diarrhea, a wasting syndrome, and malabsorption. We used the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and primers that amplify the conserved regions of the small-subunit rRNA (SSU-rRNA) gene of E. bieneusi...

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