[Cryptosporidium: outbreak at a nutrition rehabilitation center, Temuco].
Cryptosporidiosis was observed in 23 undernourished infants of a nutritional center in Temuco. This represents a 34% incidence rate for the period (march to may 1990). Liquid stools (91%), vomiting (39%), resistance to feeding (74%), respiratory symptoms (61%) and weight loss (mean 25 g per day) were the main clinical manifestations. Only 9 patients received specific therapy and all showed clinical improvement and normalization of stool examinations within the study period.
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Servicio de Pediatría, Hospital Regional de Temuco, Chile.
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Henríquez
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D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D002677:Chile / Q000453:epidemiology; D003457:Cryptosporidiosis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D003968:Diarrhea, Infantile / Q000209:etiology; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D005260:Female; D006782:Hospitals, Special; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male
Cryptosporidium: brote epidémico en un centro de recuperación nutricional, Temuco.