ENTAMOEBA-HISTOLYTICA AUTOCHTHONOUS ISOLATES FROM MENTALLY-RETARDED ITALIAN PATIENTS

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作者
GATTI, S
CEVINI, C
MARCHI, L
NOVATI, S
SCAGLIA, M
机构
[1] UNIV PAVIA,IRCCS,INST INFECT DIS,CLIN PARASITOL LAB,I-27100 PAVIA,ITALY
[2] CREMONA HOSP,DIV INFECT DIS,CREMONA,ITALY
来源
PARASITOLOGY RESEARCH | 1995年 / 81卷 / 02期
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10.1007/BF00931621
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R38 [医学寄生虫学]; Q [生物科学];
学科分类号
07 ; 0710 ; 09 ; 100103 ;
摘要
A total of 77 mentally retarded male inpatients residing in a psychiatric institution in northern Italy were screened for the presence of stool parasites, Entamoeba histolytica particularly. Parasitological stool examination showed Entamoeba spp. (E. histolytica and/or E. dispar) in 26 cases (33.7%). In vitro culture on Robinson's medium was positive in 16 cases (61.1%); in 11 cases we could stabilize and clone the isolates and proceed to electrophoretic assays. In all cases, patterns of pathogenic zymodemes were found (zymodeme II, 3 isolates; zymodeme XII, 4 isolates; zymodeme XIV, 4 isolates). All isolates were therefore identified as E. histolyica.
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