Demonstration of Sarcocystis-like Parasites Found in Peripheral Blood

Bayani, Masomeh; Kalantari, Narges; Sharbatdaran, Majid; Abedian, Zeinab; Ghaffari, Salman

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Bayani M, Kalantari N, Sharbatdaran M, Abedian Z, Ghaffari S. Demonstration of Sarcocystis-like Parasites Found in Peripheral Blood. Int J Mol Cell Med 2014; 3 (3) :203-206
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Demonstration of Sarcocystis-like Parasites Found in Peripheral Blood

Masomeh Bayani¹

, Narges Kalantari²

, 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.

Abstract: (10457 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.

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