Cryptosporidium

 

Epidemiology:

    • Immunosuppressed are at risk

 

Common sites:

    • Duodenum
    • Colon
    • Gallbladder

 

Gross features:

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Histologic features:

    • small round basophilic balls sitting on the luminal cytoplasm
      • smaller than enterocyte nucleus

 

Immunophenotype:

Marker:

Sensitivity:

Specificity:

Giemsa 

 

 

 

Molecular features:

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Other features:

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