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. 2025 May 25;197(20):E573-E577.
doi: 10.1503/cmaj.241507-f.

Giardiase et spirochétose intestinale causant une perte de poids involontaire chez un homme de 40 ans

[Article in French]
Eshita Kapoor  1 , Tara O'Brien  2 , Lianne Tile  2 , Brandon Tang  2
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Giardiase et spirochétose intestinale causant une perte de poids involontaire chez un homme de 40 ans

[Article in French]
Eshita Kapoor et al. CMAJ. .
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Figure 1 :
(A) Muqueuse duodénale d’un homme de 40 ans où des trophozoïtes, certains falciformes et d’autres, piriformes, flottent librement à la surface de l’épithélium (flèches jaunes) (coloration immunohistochimique). (B) Muqueuse colique densément colonisée par des spirochètes qui donnent à la surface épithéliale un aspect de « bordure en fausse brosse » (flèche rouge) (coloration de Warthin–Starry).
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