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Demonstration of Sarcocystis-like Parasites Found in Peripheral Blood
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Masomeh Bayani1   , Narges Kalantari 2, Majid Sharbatdaran3 , Zeinab Abedian4 , Salman Ghaffari5 |
1- Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine Research Center, Babol University of Medical Sciences, Babol, Iran.
2- Cellular and Molecular Biology Research Center (CMBRC), Babol University of Medical Sciences, Babol, Iran. , nfkala@yahoo.com
3- Pathology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Babol University of Medical Sciences, Babol, Iran.
4- Cellular and Molecular Biology Research Center (CMBRC), Babol University of Medical Sciences, Babol, Iran.
5- Parasitology and Mycology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Babol University of Medical Sciences, Babol, Iran. |
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Abstract: (9965 Views) |
| This report described Sarcocystis-like merozoites in peripheral blood smear of a woman with mild fever, rigor and musculoskeletal pain. Extracellular organisms with a pale blue cytoplasm and one or two nuclei were seen in her blood smear stained with Giemsa. Sarcocystis-like can be considered as a possible cause of some idiopathic febrile diseases. |
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| Keywords: Sarcocystis spp., Blood infection, Direct agglutination |
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Subject:
Infectious disease (Molecular and Cellular aspects)
Received: 2014/04/19 | Accepted: 2014/05/12 | Published: 2014/06/8
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