[Role of cryptosporidia and microsporidia in diarrhea in immunocompromised patients].
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.
Belhadj
S
S
Laboratoire de Parasitologie-Mycologie, Hôpital la Rabta.
Kallel
K
K
Boussen
N
N
Ghobantini
A
A
Bejaoui
M
M
Ben Salem
N
N
Zribi
A
A
Ben Chaabane
T
T
Chaker
E
E
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*