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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)]


A case of ocular microsporidiosis. At the time of this writing, the species had not been confirmed. All images courtesy of the Swedish Institute of Communicable Diseases Control, Solna, Sweden.

Ocular microsporidiosis stained with Giemsa microsporidia spore and extruded polar tubule, stained with Giemsa
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A: Microsporidia spores from a corneal section, stained with Giemsa.
B: A single microsporidia spore from the same case as Figure A, stained with Giemsa. In this image, the polar tubule has been extruded.

Microsporidia spores from a corneal section, stained with trichrome Microsporidia spores from a corneal section, stained with trichrome
C D

C-D: Microsporidia spores from a corneal section, stained with trichrome.
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