Volume 3, Issue 3 (Int J Mol Cell Med 2014)                   Int J Mol Cell Med 2014, 3(3): 203-206 | Back to browse issues page

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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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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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