[The first report in Cuba of human intestinal infection by Cyclospora cayetanensis, Ortega, 1993].
The human intestinal infection by Cyclospora cayetanensis, is reported for the first time in Cuba, Ortega, 1993. This coccidian parasite was being identified since several years in humans presenting with diarrhea, as a blue-green Alga, a similar body to cyanobacteria, or similar to a great coccidia. However, it was identified for the first time a genus of Cyclospora, in 1993, and the taxonomic description of the human species as C. cayetanensis is very recent. This paper reports on a child presenting with an acute diarrheal picture in which no other causative agent was found, and describes the morphological characteristics of this rounded organism which measures between 7.7 and 10 micras of diameter and results positive to Ziehl-Neelsen staining. This is a warning for all physicians and biomedical staff in charge of making the laboratory diagnosis of acute diarrheal diseases.
Núñez Fernández
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Instituto de Medicina Tropical Pedro Kourí.
Gálvez Oviedo
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Finlay Villalvilla
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D000208:Acute Disease; D000818:Animals; D003048:Coccidiosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000469:parasitology; D003462:Cuba; D003968:Diarrhea, Infantile / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000469:parasitology; D016783:Eucoccidiida / Q000302:isolation & purification; D005243:Feces / Q000469:parasitology; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007411:Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000469:parasitology; D008297:Male