title: [Role of cryptosporidia and microsporidia in diarrhea in immunocompromised patients].
abstract: Cryptosporidium and Microsporidian play an important part in the diarrhoeic pathology of the immunocompromised patients. The study of 35 cases of cryptosporidiosis and 4 cases of intestinal microsporidiosis diagnosed in the parasitology laboratory of Rabta hospital of Tunis shows that cryptosporidiosis prevalence is 17.24% for AIDS patients, 3.45% for immunocompromised patients VIH (-), and microsporidiosis prevalence is 5.7% for patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. Common points for these two parasitosis are: Clinical syndromes dominated by an acute diarrhea A diagnosis based on specific techniques showing the significance of the clinical orientation. Lack of an effective specific therapy.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Parasitologie-Mycologie, Hôpital la Rabta.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Belhadj
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kallel
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Boussen
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ghobantini
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bejaoui
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ben Salem
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Zribi
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ben Chaabane
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Chaker
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003457:Cryptosporidiosis / Q000150:complications*; D003458:Cryptosporidium; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000209:etiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D016867:Immunocompromised Host; D016816:Microsporida; D016881:Microsporidiosis / Q000150:complications*