title: Human cyclosporiasis diagnosis: report of a case in São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
abstract: Diagnosis of the human cyclosporiasis is reported in São Paulo, SP, Brasil. Cyclospora cayetanensis has been identified in the feces of a patient by a modified Kinyoun staining method, with later sporulation in a solution of 2.5% potassium dichromate. The probability that this parasite is the eventual cause of gastrointestinal disturbances in the country was stimulated by this finding, which was arrived at by a simple technique. It had been kept in mind that the disease was expressing itself mainly among immunocompromised patients, whose number is increasing; especially in those with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), which is caused by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).
authors.affiliation: Laboratório de Investigação Médica-Parasitologia, do Hospital das Clínicas, da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, Brasil.
authors.forename: A O
authors.initials: AO
authors.lastname: Fernandes
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Carollo
authors.forename: L M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Braz
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Amato Neto
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Villela
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D001938:Brazil; D003044:Coccidia / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D003048:Coccidiosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000469:parasitology; D005243:Feces / Q000469:parasitology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010270:Parasite Egg Count