Govinda Visvesvara
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Recent Articles
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Garcia L, Arrowood M, Kokoskin E, Paltridge G, Pillai D, Procop G, et al.
Clin Microbiol Rev
. 2017 Nov;
31(1).
PMID: 29142079
This Practical Guidance for Clinical Microbiology document on the laboratory diagnosis of parasites from the gastrointestinal tract provides practical information for the recovery and identification of relevant human parasites. The...
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Izquierdo F, Moura H, Bornay-Llinares F, Sriram R, Hurtado C, Magnet A, et al.
Parasit Vectors
. 2017 Nov;
10(1):560.
PMID: 29121996
Background: Microsporidia are intracellular obligate parasites traditionally associated with immunosuppressed patients; their detection in immunocompetent patients has increased, highlighting their possible importance as emerging pathogens. Detection of spores in stools,...
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Schafer K, Shah N, Almira-Suarez M, Reese J, Hoke G, Mandell J, et al.
J Clin Microbiol
. 2015 Jul;
53(9):3072-6.
PMID: 26135864
Balamuthia mandrillaris is a rare cause of human infection, but when infections do occur, they result in high rates of morbidity and mortality. A case of disseminated Balamuthia infection is...
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Forteza A, Ruiz C, Visvesvara G, Muncunill Ribas J, Besalduch Vidal J, Couce M
Gastroenterol Hepatol
. 2013 Mar;
36(4):294-5.
PMID: 23453561
No abstract available.
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Lopez C, Budge P, Chen J, Bilyeu S, Mirza A, Custodio H, et al.
Pediatr Emerg Care
. 2012 Mar;
28(3):272-6.
PMID: 22391923
Primary amebic meningoencephalitis (PAM) is a rare but nearly always fatal disease caused by infection with Naegleria fowleri, a thermophilic, free-living ameba found in freshwater environments. Cases of N. fowleri...
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Johnston S, Sriram R, Qvarnstrom Y, Roy S, Verani J, Yoder J, et al.
J Clin Microbiol
. 2009 May;
47(7):2040-5.
PMID: 19403771
Acanthamoebae are free-living amoebae found in the environment, including soil, freshwater, brackish water, seawater, hot tubs, and Jacuzzis. Acanthamoeba species can cause keratitis, a painful vision-threatening infection of the cornea,...
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Dworkin M, Buskin S, Davidson A, Cohn D, Morse A, Inungu J, et al.
Rev Inst Med Trop Sao Paulo
. 2007 Dec;
49(6):339-42.
PMID: 18157397
To determine the prevalence of intestinal microsporidiosis in HIV-infected patients, we performed a prospective study of HIV-infected patients with diarrheal illnesses in three US hospitals and examined an observational database...
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Walochnik J, Aichelburg A, Assadian O, Steuer A, Visvesvara G, Vetter N, et al.
J Clin Microbiol
. 2007 Nov;
46(1):338-40.
PMID: 18003807
Acanthamoeba amoebae of genotype T2 were identified as the causative agent of Acanthamoeba skin lesions and granulomatous amoebic encephalitis (GAE) in a human immunodeficiency virus-negative patient with underlying tuberculosis. To...
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Bern C, Kawai V, Vargas D, Rabke-Verani J, Williamson J, Chavez-Valdez R, et al.
J Infect Dis
. 2005 Apr;
191(10):1658-64.
PMID: 15838792
We studied microsporidiosis in human immunodeficiency virus-positive patients in 2 Lima hospitals. Of 2652 patients, 66% were male, 6% received antiretroviral therapy (ART), and the median CD4 lymphocyte count was...