Incidence of microsporidia in cancer patients
Introduction Microsporidia are considered opportunistic pathogens as evidenced by the significant detection in immunocompromised HIV/AIDS population. Cancer patients receiving chemotherapy are considered to be immunosuppressed. Materials and Methods Stool samples were collected from 311 cancer patie...
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| author | Lono, A.R. Kumar, S. Chye, T.T. |
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| description | Introduction Microsporidia are considered opportunistic pathogens as evidenced by the significant detection in immunocompromised HIV/AIDS population. Cancer patients receiving chemotherapy are considered to be immunosuppressed. Materials and Methods Stool samples were collected from 311 cancer patients in the Klang Valley. Each sample underwent water�ether concentration and staining with modified trichrome stain. Results and Discussion Sixty-eight samples were positive by oil immersion examination. Polymerase chain reaction amplification with specific primers on those samples amplified Encephalitozoon intestinalis from two of the samples and Encephalitozoon hellem from one sample. |
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| spelling | um.eprints-40242012-12-03T01:21:36Z http://eprints.um.edu.my/4024/ Incidence of microsporidia in cancer patients Lono, A.R. Kumar, S. Chye, T.T. R Medicine Introduction Microsporidia are considered opportunistic pathogens as evidenced by the significant detection in immunocompromised HIV/AIDS population. Cancer patients receiving chemotherapy are considered to be immunosuppressed. Materials and Methods Stool samples were collected from 311 cancer patients in the Klang Valley. Each sample underwent water�ether concentration and staining with modified trichrome stain. Results and Discussion Sixty-eight samples were positive by oil immersion examination. Polymerase chain reaction amplification with specific primers on those samples amplified Encephalitozoon intestinalis from two of the samples and Encephalitozoon hellem from one sample. 2008 Article PeerReviewed Lono, A.R. and Kumar, S. and Chye, T.T. (2008) Incidence of microsporidia in cancer patients. Journal of Gastrointestinal Cancer, 39 (1). pp. 124-129. ISSN 1941-6628, DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/s12029-009-9065-z <https://doi.org/10.1007/s12029-009-9065-z>. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19459072 10.1007/s12029-009-9065-z |
| spellingShingle | R Medicine Lono, A.R. Kumar, S. Chye, T.T. Incidence of microsporidia in cancer patients |
| title | Incidence of microsporidia in cancer patients |
| title_full | Incidence of microsporidia in cancer patients |
| title_fullStr | Incidence of microsporidia in cancer patients |
| title_full_unstemmed | Incidence of microsporidia in cancer patients |
| title_short | Incidence of microsporidia in cancer patients |
| title_sort | incidence of microsporidia in cancer patients |
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