| myxobolus sp: a possible new opportunistic parasite in immunocompromized patients in ismailia. | during a study on intestinal parasitic infections in immunocompromized patients complaining of diarrhoea, a parasite belonging to the phylum myxozoa described from human samples was identified in three stool samples out of eleven. on staining with modified ziehl-neelsen stain the spores were identified. they were pyriform in shape with an average size 14.0 micro x 10.0 micro. every spore has thick wall and one suture in the anterior third followed by two polar capsules. each polar capsule has ab ... | 2004 | 15587318 |