Evidence of Different Enterocytozoon bieneusi Genotypes in Patients with and without Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection

AUTOR(ES)

Liguory, Olivier

FONTE

American Society for Microbiology

RESUMO

We classified 100 Enterocytozoon bieneusi isolates into five genotypes by a PCR-restriction fragment length polymorphism method. Type I strains were encountered only in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected patients, whereas type II strains were more frequently found in non-HIV-infected patients (75 versus 10%, respectively; P < 10−4), suggesting differences in the epidemiology of E. bieneusi among these patients.

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