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Microsporidiosis
[Anncaliia spp.] [Encephalitozoon cuniculi] [Encephalitozoon hellem] [Encephalitozoon intestinalis (syn. Septata intestinalis)] [Tubulinosema acridophagus]
[Enterocytozoon bieneusi] [Nosema
spp.] [Pleistophora sp.] [Trachipleistophora spp.] [Vittaforma corneae (syn. Nosema corneum)]


The following images are from a case of disseminated microsporidiosis caused by Encephalitozoon cuniculi, courtesy of the Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN. Figures A-C are from urine; Figure D is from a kidney biopsy specimen.

Encephalitozoon cuniculi in urine, stained with Ryan's modified trichrome Encephalitozoon cuniculi in urine, stained with Ryan's modified trichrome
A B

A-B: Spores of E. cuniculi from urine stained with Ryan's modified trichrome (Trichrome blue).

Encephalitozoon cuniculi in urine, stained with Ryan's modified trichrome Encephalitozoon cuniculi in kidney biopsy specimen, stained with Ryan's modified trichrome
C D


C: Spores of E. cuniculi from urine stained with Ryan's modified trichrome.
D: Spores of E. cuniculi in a kidney biopsy specimen stained with Ryan's modified trichrome.

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