[Occurrence of Cryptosporidium sp in fecal samples of children less than 10 years old with clinical indication of Rotavirus].
The presence of oocysts of Cryptosporidium sp was investigated in 485 fecal samples of children with clinical indication of Rotavirus. No significant differences were observed between Cryptosporidium sp. and rotavirus occurrence and fecal consistency. Cryptosporidium sp also should be performed in the laboratory diagnosis of diarrheic episodes in children.
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Departamento de Patologia, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil. machado@uerj.br
da Silva
Siudomar Pereira
SP
Gouveia
Yára de Souza
Yde S
da Silva
Nívia de Oliveira
Nde O
Melo
Márcia Elizabeth Reis Monteiro de
ME
Moura
Hércules
H
Neves
Renata Heisler
RH
Bello
Alexandre Ribeiro
AR
Machado-Silva
José Roberto
JR
D000818:Animals; D002648:Child; D003458:Cryptosporidium / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000821:virology*; D005243:Feces / Q000469:parasitology / Q000821:virology; D006801:Humans; D010270:Parasite Egg Count; D012401:Rotavirus / Q000302:isolation & purification*