title: [Isospora belli coccidiosis in immunocompetent subjects (a study of 40 cases seen in Paris)].
abstract: 35 of the 40 cases with Isospora belli infection were from France: 33 patients presenting with "travellers diarrhoea" were infected abroad (especially in tropical Africa and the Middle East) but 7 were infected in France itself. Charcot-Leyden crystals were found together with I. belli oocysts in the stools of 35 subjects. 61% of the cases presented with hypereosinophilia of between 6 and 20%. The average eosinophilia was 7.6% or 649/mm3.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Coprologie-Parasitologie, Paris.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Junod
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000349:Africa / Q000208:ethnology; D000368:Aged; D003048:Coccidiosis / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000469:parasitology; D004802:Eosinophilia / Q000175:diagnosis; D005243:Feces / Q000469:parasitology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007121:Immunocompetence; D007411:Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010270:Parasite Egg Count; D010297:Paris
vernacular_title: La coccidiose à Isospora belli chez les sujets immuno-compétents (étude de 40 cas observés à Paris).