| detection of intestinal microsporidiosis in diarrhoeal patients infected with the human immunideficiency virus (hiv-1) using pcr and uvitex-2b stain. | a total of 105 single fresh stool samples were collected from diarrhoeal patients with (80 hiv-positive and 25 hiv-negative) from the army and the police hospitals, addis ababa. the stool samples were processed by water-ether sedimentation method; they were stained with uvitex-2b technique for microscopic detection of intestinal microsporidium. a portion of all samples were preserved in 200microl pbs containing 2% pvpp ((polyvinylpolypyrolidone) for confirmation with pcr. 18/105(17.2%) of the ca ... | 2005 | 16370539 |