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Cryptococcus neoformans can be misidentified as a microsporidian: studies of lung lesions in leprosy patients.

M Furuta1, A Obara, N Harada, K Sokai, I Hiroshi.   

Abstract

Pulmonary lesions seen in autopsies of leprosy patients were initially thought to involve microsporidial infection. After immunohistochemical studies, it was concluded that the infectious microorganism was Cryptococcus neoformans.

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Year:  1991        PMID: 1818223

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  J Protozool        ISSN: 0022-3921


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1.  Detection of Mycobacterium leprae by PCR testing of sputa from a patient with pulmonary cryptococcus coinfection in northern Australia.

Authors:  Laura J Edwards; Ric N Price; Vicki L Krause; Sarah E Huffam; Maria Globan; Janet Fyfe; Krispin M Hajkowicz
Journal:  J Clin Microbiol       Date:  2014-07-23       Impact factor: 5.948

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