title: [Cryptosporidium and candida in pediatric diarrhea in Abidjan].
abstract: In a study involving 104 children hospitalized with diarrhoea, 9% were infected with oocyst Cryptosporidium spp. add 56% with such yeast-fungus as Candida (C. Candida 38%). The manifestations noted in cryptosporidiosis infected children are acute diarrhea, vomiting and hyperthermia. One subject out of five who were tested for antibody to HIV appeared to be antibody positive. The patients immunity from the disease was not checked. A mycological test must be systematically carried out in case of children diarrheal outbreak.
authors.affiliation: Service de Pédiatrie, CHU de Cocody.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Koffi-Akoua
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ferly-Therizol
authors.forename: M T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Kouassi-Beugre
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Konan
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Timite
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Assi Adou
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Assale
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002175:Candida / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003044:Coccidia / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D007560:Cote d'Ivoire; D003458:Cryptosporidium / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D003968:Diarrhea, Infantile / Q000382:microbiology / Q000469:parasitology; D005260:Female; D015483:HIV Antibodies / Q000032:analysis; D015497:HIV-1 / Q000276:immunology; D015498:HIV-2 / Q000276:immunology; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male
chemical_list: D015483:HIV Antibodies
vernacular_title: Cryptosporidies et Candida dans les diarrhées infantiles a Abidjan.