| [human intestinal microsporidiosis in bamako (mali): the presence of enterocytozoon bieneusi in hiv seropositive patients]. | a study was conducted between 1993 and 1996 in bamako to determine the rate of occurrence of microsporidia in 88 patients. most (80%) had chronic diarrhea associated with weight loss and 87.5% were hiv-positive. intestinal microsporidia were detected in 32% of the patients infected with hiv-1, hiv-2, or coinfected with both strains. microsporidiosis was also diagnosed in three of the eleven hiv-negative individuals (27%). microsporidiosis was confirmed by electron microscopy in 6 hiv-positive pa ... | 1997 | 9410452 |
| evaluation of an immunofluorescent-antibody test using monoclonal antibodies directed against enterocytozoon bieneusi and encephalitozoon intestinalis for diagnosis of intestinal microsporidiosis in bamako (mali). | a 2-month study was carried out in mali to evaluate an immunofluorescent-antibody test (ifat) using monoclonal probes specific for enterocytozoon bieneusi or encephalitozoon intestinalis. sixty-one human immunodeficiency virus (hiv)-seropositive adult patients and 71 immunocompetent children were enrolled. microsporidia were detected in stools from 8 of 61 patients (13.1%) seropositive for hiv. a single species, e. bieneusi, was identified. all the children were negative for microsporidia. the s ... | 2002 | 11980948 |