Fig. 49.2
Microsporidian polar tube (A) Scanning electron micrograph of a tissue culture demonstrating Encephalitozoon intestinalis invading a Vero cell in vitro. (B) Transmission electron micrograph of conjunctival scraping demonstrating Encephalitozoon hellem. Arrowheads identify polar tube coils.
(A)- Reproduced with permission from Koch NP. Diagnosis of Human Pathogenic Microsporidia. Dissertation, Berhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, Hamburg, Germany. With kind permission of N.P. Koch, C. Schmertz, and J. Schottelius.
