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Parasites
Coccidia & Microsporidium
Question | Answer |
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What is the gold standard for diagnosis of Microsporidium? | Electron Microscopy |
What stain is required to see and diagnose Coccidia? | Modified Acid-Fast |
What type of patients are more prone to Coccidial infections than the general population? | Immunocompromised patients, particularly HIV patients |
Describe a key symptom of Cryptosporidium parvum infection in immunocompromised patients | Torrential diarrhea - it's likely that normal patients will recover from an infection without experiencing this symptom, but immunocompromised patients will experience continual torrential diarrhea and the resulting electrolyte deficiences |
Why is it critical to distinguish between Cryptosporidium parvum and Cyclospora cayetanensis infections, and how are they best distinguished? | They are treated differently - C. cayetanensis can be treated with an antibiotic. They are best distinguished by size when stained by Modified Acid-Fast stain |