Abstract
Isospora belli was visualized in a stool concentration from an HIV-negative 77-year-old patient with chronic diarrhoea managed by the haematology service of our hospital. The patient had a monoclonal gammopathy. The patient was treated with trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole for 10 days and the diarrhoea ceased (Fig. 1, Fig. 2, Fig. 3).Fig. 2Isospora belli in fluorescence microscopy with calcofluor white staining; original magnification, ×1000.View Large Image Figure ViewerDownload Hi-res image Download (PPT)Fig. 3Isospora belli with Kinyoun staining; original magnification, ×1000.View Large Image Figure ViewerDownload Hi-res image Download (PPT) Both authors report no conflicts of interest relevant to this article.
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