Human cyclosporiasis diagnosis: report of a case in São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
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).
Fernandes
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Laboratório de Investigação Médica-Parasitologia, do Hospital das Clínicas, da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, Brasil.
Carollo
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Braz
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Amato Neto
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Villela
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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