The First Evidence of Cryptosporidium meleagridis Infection in a Colon Adenocarcinoma From an Immunocompetent Patient

The First Evidence of Cryptosporidium meleagridis Infection in a Colon Adenocarcinoma From an Immunocompetent Patient

Objectives: The potential linkage between Cryptosporidium spp. infection and colorectal human cancer was suggested by limited reports showing higher prevalence of C. parvum and C. hominis in patients with colon cancer. Here we conducted research concerning presence of Cryptosporidium spp. in maligna...

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Main Authors: Żaneta Kopacz, Martin Kváč, Paweł Karpiński, Andrzej B. Hendrich, Maria M. Sąsiadek, Przemysław Leszczyński, Bohumil Sak, John McEvoy, Marta Kicia
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-03-01
Series:Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology
Subjects:
Cryptosporidium meleagridis
colon cancer
adenocarcinoma
colon infection
PCR
immunofluorescence labeling
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fcimb.2019.00035/full

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