Diagnostic Findings [Last Modified: ]
Microsporidiosis
[Brachiola spp.] [Encephalitozoon cuniculi] [Encephalitozoon hellem] [Encephalitozoon intestinalis (syn. Septata intestinalis)]
[Enterocytozoon bieneusi] [Nosema spp.] [Pleistophora sp.] [Trachipleistophora spp.] [Vittaforma corneae (syn. Nosema corneum)]
Causal Agent Life Cycle Geographic Distribution Clinical Features Laboratory Diagnosis Treatment

Immunofluorescence

Monoclonal antibody-based immunofluorescence identification of Encephalitozoon hellem
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A: Monoclonal antibody-based immunofluorescence identification of Encephalitozoon hellem.  Spores are present in a bronchoalveolar lavage specimen of an AIDS.  Note the bright fluorescent spores, which have extruded their polar tubules.

 
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