Criptosporidiose em crianças de 2 anos de idade com diarréia aguda em Belém, Pará, Brasil
Cryptosporidiosis in children (1-2 years old) with acute diarrhoea from Belém, Pará, Brazil - Two hundred-and one samples obtained from 61 children were examined for Cryptosporidium infection during a period of 12 months. One hundred fifteen specimens were collected during diarrhoea episodes and lhe...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 1989 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Institución: | Instituto Evandro Chagas (IEC) |
| Repositorio: | Repositório Digital do Instituto Evandro Chagas (Patuá) |
| Idioma: | portugués |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:patua.iec.gov.br:iec/3208 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://patua.iec.gov.br/handle/iec/3208 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Criptosporidiose / complicações Cryptosporidium / isolamento & purificação Diarreia Infantil / etiologia Fezes / parasitologia |
| Sumario: | Cryptosporidiosis in children (1-2 years old) with acute diarrhoea from Belém, Pará, Brazil - Two hundred-and one samples obtained from 61 children were examined for Cryptosporidium infection during a period of 12 months. One hundred fifteen specimens were collected during diarrhoea episodes and lhe remainillg 86 obtained out of diarrhoea period, as contrais. A// samples were examined by a modified Ziehl-Neelsen staining method. Cryptosporidium was detected in 6 (5.2%) of 115 samples from diarrhoeic children. A// nondiarrhoeic contrai patients were nega tive for Cryptosporidium. The present study suggests that Cryptosporidium is an agent of self-limited diarrhoea among immunocompetent children from Belém, Pará. |
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