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. 2013 Feb;32(2):185-7.
doi: 10.1097/INF.0b013e318273d95f.

Microsporidia and coccidia as causes of persistence diarrhea among liver transplant children: incidence rate and species/genotypes

Mahmoud Agholi  1 , Gholam Reza Hatam, Mohammad Hossein Motazedian
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Microsporidia and coccidia as causes of persistence diarrhea among liver transplant children: incidence rate and species/genotypes

Mahmoud Agholi et al. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2013 Feb.

Abstract

We determined species/genotype(s) of enteric microsporidia and coccidia causing diarrhea among 44 liver transplant children in Shiraz Nemazee hospital using acid-fast-trichrome staining and polymerase chain reaction-sequencing techniques. Enterocytozoon bieneusi (genotype D), Cryptosporidium (parvum and meleagridis) were detected in 6.81% and 11.36% of the children, respectively.

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