       Document 0096
 DOCN  M9620096
 TI    Pulmonary microsporidiosis in a patient with the acquired
       immunodeficiency syndrome. A case report.
 DT    9602
 AU    Remadi S; Dumais J; Wafa K; MacGee W; Division of Cytopathology, Hopital
       Cantonal Universitaire de; Geneve, Switzerland.
 SO    Acta Cytol. 1995 Nov-Dec;39(6):1112-6. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE
       MED/96074705
 AB    BACKGROUND: Microsporidian protozoa are increasingly recognized as
       pathogenic organisms related to host immunosuppression. CASE: We report
       a case of pulmonary microsporidiosis detected in aspirated bronchial
       material and in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid collected from a
       26-year-old, male acquired immunodeficiency syndrome patient presenting
       pulmonary symptoms and known to have intestinal microsporidiosis. The
       diagnosis was made on cytologic examination of the material processed
       according to the Papanicolaou technique, evaluated by Giemsa, Gram's,
       Grocott and chromotrope-2R modified trichrome preparations and by
       fungi-fluor fluorescent mycology stain. CONCLUSION: Our findings reveal
       an important fluorescent property of intracellular microsporidian
       spores, heretofore undescribed in the literature.
 DE    Adult  Animal  AIDS-Related Opportunistic
       Infections/*PATHOLOGY/PARASITOLOGY  Biopsy, Needle  Bronchi/*PATHOLOGY
       Bronchoalveolar Lavage  Human  Lung Diseases,
       Parasitic/*PATHOLOGY/*PARASITOLOGY  Male  Microspora
       Infections/*PATHOLOGY/*PARASITOLOGY  Microsporida/*ISOLATION & PURIF
       JOURNAL ARTICLE

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