Diagnostic Findings [Last Modified: ]
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)]
Causal Agent Life Cycle Geographic Distribution Clinical Features Laboratory Diagnosis Treatment

Transmission electron microscopy

Electron micrograph of an Enterocytozoon bieneusi spore
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A: Electron micrograph of an Enterocytozoon bieneusi spore.  Arrows indicate the double rows of polar tubule coils in cross section which characterize a mature E. bieneusi spore.

Encephalitozoon intestinalis inside a septated parasitophorous vacuole
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B: Electron micrograph of an eukaryotic cell with Encephalitozoon intestinalis spores and developing forms inside a septated parasitophorous vacuole.  This is a characteristic feature of this microsporidian species.

 
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