Three Cases of Neurologic Syndrome Caused by Donor-Derived Microsporidiosis
Rachel Smith
, Atis Muehlenbachs, Joanna Schaenmann, Sanjiv Baxi, Sophia Koo, Dianna Blau, Peter Chin-Hong, Anna R. Thorner, Matthew J. Kuehnert, Kristina Wheeler, Alexis Liakos, Jonathan W. Jackson, Theresa Benedict, Alexandre J. da Silva, Jana M. Ritter, Dominique Rollin, Maureen Metcalfe, Cynthia S. Goldsmith, Govinda S. Visvesvara, Sridhar V. Basavaraju, and Sherif Zaki
Author affiliations: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA (R.M. Smith, A. Muehlenbachs, D. Blau, M.J. Kuehnert, J.W. Jackson, T. Benedict, A.J. da Silva, J.M. Ritter, D. Rollin, M. Metcalfe, C.S. Goldsmith, G.S. Visvesvara, S.V. Basavaraju, S. Zaki); University of California, Los Angeles, California, USA (J. Schaenmann); University of California, San Francisco, California, USA (S. Baxi, P. Chin-Hong); Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA (S. Koo, A.R. Thorner, A. Liakos); Harvard Medical School, Boston (S. Koo, A.R. Thorner, A. Liakos); OneLegacy, Los Angeles (K. Wheeler)
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Figure 3. Microsporidia identified in urine samples from liver recipient. A) Urine trichrome stain. Original magnification ×100. B) Cell culture showing microsporidium (arrow). Original magnification ×200. C) Transmission electron microscopic image of infected cell culture with germinating microsporidial spore (arrow). Scale bar indicates 500 nm.
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