Cryptosporidiosis occurrence in HIV+ patients attended in a hospital, Brazil

Cryptosporidiosis occurrence was determined in HIV+ patient assisted in the Clinic of Infect-parasitic Diseases in a hospital of Nova Iguaçu, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in the period from Juy/1998 to March/1999. In order to research, seventy-five patient, carriers of diarrhea or not, were appraised. The samples of feces were collected and placed in saline solution with formaldehyde (5%). The Modified Ritchie technique was used for the oocysts research, and the smears were stained with Safranine O methylene blue. The results verified 9.33% of positive samples, with higher frequency of cases in patients of the masculine sex from 20 to 50 years old, however without significant difference.

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Main Authors: Ribeiro,Paulo César, Pile,Edwin, Queiroz,Margareth Maria de Carvalho, Norberg,Antonio Neres, Tenório,José Ricardo de Oliveira
Format: Digital revista
Language:English
Published: Faculdade de Saúde Pública da Universidade de São Paulo 2004
Online Access:http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-89102004000300020
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