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Volume 20, Number 2—February 2014
Synopsis

Anncaliia algerae Microsporidial Myositis

Matthew R. WattsComments to Author , Renee C.F. Chan, Elaine Y.L. Cheong, Susan Brammah, Kate R. Clezy, Chiwai Tong, Deborah Marriott, Cameron E. Webb, Bobby Chacko, Vivienne Tobias, Alexander C. Outhred, Andrew S. Field, Michael V. Prowse, James V. Bertouch, Damien Stark, and Stephen W. Reddel
Author affiliations: Centre for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology Public Health, Westmead, New South Wales, Australia (M.R. Watts, C.E. Webb, A.C. Outhred); Pathology West–Institute for Clinical Pathology and Medical Research Westmead, Westmead (M.R. Watts, C.E. Webb); University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia (M.R. Watts, C.E. Webb, E.Y.L. Cheong, A.C. Outhred, S.W. Reddel); Concord Repatriation General Hospital, Concord West, New South Wales, Australia (R.C.F. Chan, E.Y.L. Cheong, S. Brammah, S.W. Reddel); Prince of Wales Hospital, Randwick, New South Wales, Australia (K.R. Clezy, C. Tong, J.V. Bertouch); St Vincent’s Hospital, Darlinghurst, New South Wales, Australia (D. Marriott, A.S. Field, D. Stark); John Hunter Hospital, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia (B. Chacko); Liverpool Hospital, Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia (V. Tobias); Port Macquarie Base Hospital, Port Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia (M.V. Prowse)

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Figure 2

Electron micrographs of muscle biopsy tissue from a 66-year-old man (case-patient B) (A) and a 67-year-old man (case-patient A) (B,C) showing Anncaliia algerae. A) Early proliferative stage meronts with diplokaryotic nuclei (n) and vesiculotubular appendages (arrows) attached to the plasmalemma. Scale bar indicates 1 μm. B) Degenerate crenated sporoblast (sb) and a mature spore with visible coils of the polar tubule (arrows). Scale bar indicates 1 μm. C) Mature spore with 9 polar tubule coils in

Figure 2. Electron micrographs of muscle biopsy tissue from a 66-year-old man (case-patient B) (A) and a 67-year-old man (case-patient A) (B,C) showing Anncaliia algerae. A) Early proliferative stage meronts with diplokaryotic nuclei (n) and vesiculotubular appendages (arrows) attached to the plasmalemmaScale bar indicates 1 μmB) Degenerate crenated sporoblast (sb) and a mature spore with visible coils of the polar tubule (arrows)Scale bar indicates 1 μmC) Mature spore with 9 polar tubule coils in a single row, pale endospore, and a dense exosporeScale bar indicates 500 nm.

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