Detection of Cryptosporidium spp and other intestinal parasites in children with acute diarrhea and severe dehydration in Rio de Janeiro

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

Filipe Anibal Carvalho-costa²  Alessandra Queiroga Gonçalves²  Sandra Laranjeira Lassance²  Carla Pontes De Albuquerque¹  José Paulo Gagliardi Leite¹  Márcio Neves Bóia² 

[1],Fundação Oswaldo Cruz Instituto Oswaldo Cruz Departamento de Medicina TropicalRio de Janeiro RJ

关键词: Cryptosporidium spp;    Acute diarrhea;    Children;    Stool examination;    Cryptosporidium spp;    Diarréia aguda;    Crianças;    Exame de fezes;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0037-86822007000300020

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

The objective of the present study was to estimate the frequency of infection by Cryptosporidium spp and other intestinal parasites in dehydrated children with gastroenteritis who were admitted to a pediatric hospital. Stool examinations from 218 children were performed. Cryptosporidium spp was identified in eighteen out of 193 stool samples (9.3%) subjected to safranin-methylene blue staining. Giardia lamblia was detected in ten out of 213 (4.7%) samples examined via the direct or Ritchie methods. Other parasites identified were Ascaris lumbricoides (4.2%), Blastocystis hominis (1.4%), Entamoeba coli (0.9%), Entamoeba histolytica/Entamoeba dispar (0.5%), Endolimax nana (0.5%), Trichuris trichiura (0.5%) and Enterobius vermicularis (0.5%).

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