Cryptosporidium sp in 300 children with and without diarrhea.
Cryptosporidium sp was searched prospectively by means of the Ziehl-Nielsen acid fast staining of stools in 403 samples obtained from patients with diarrhea (n =/152) or other non-gastrointestinal diseases (n =/152) in a six month period. Cryptosporidium was present in 11/304 samples (3.6%), 9 (81%) were taken from patients with diarrhea. Oocysts were detected in 5% of stools form malnourished (II or III) children with diarrhea; 10/11 (91%) with positive-cryptosporidium stools occurred in children less than one year of age. Cryptosporidium was present with increased frequency in malnourished children with diarrhea (p < 0.05).
García Velarde
E
E
Hospital de Pediatria, Centro Medico de Occidente, IMSS.
Chávez Legaspi
M
M
Coello Ramírez
P
P
González
J
J
Aguilar Benavides
S
S
D000208:Acute Disease; D000367:Age Factors; D000818:Animals; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003457:Cryptosporidiosis / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology*; D003458:Cryptosporidium / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000209:etiology / Q000469:parasitology*; D003968:Diarrhea, Infantile / Q000209:etiology / Q000469:parasitology; D004198:Disease Susceptibility; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D008800:Mexico / Q000453:epidemiology; D009748:Nutrition Disorders / Q000150:complications; D014505:Urban Population