Cryptosporidiosis occurrence in HIV+ patients attended in a hospital, Brazil.
Cryptosporidiosis occurrence was determined in HIV+ patient assisted in the Clinic of Infect-parasitic Diseases in a hospital of Nova Iguaçu, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in the period from July/1998 to March/1999. In order to research, seventy-five patient, carriers of diarrhea or not, were appraised. The samples of feces were collected and placed in saline solution with formaldehyde (5%). The Modified Ritchie technique was used for the oocysts research, and the smears were stained with Safranine O methylene blue. The results verified 9.33% of positive samples, with higher frequency of cases in patients of the masculine sex from 20 to 50 years old, however without significant difference.
Ribeiro
Paulo César
PC
Centro de Pesquisas, Instituto de Biologia do Exército, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
Pile
Edwin
E
Queiroz
Margareth Maria de Carvalho
MM
Norberg
Antonio Neres
AN
Tenório
José Ricardo de Oliveira
JR
D017088:AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000469:parasitology; D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D001938:Brazil / Q000453:epidemiology; D003457:Cryptosporidiosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D003458:Cryptosporidium / Q000302:isolation & purification; D005243:Feces / Q000469:parasitology; D005260:Female; D006679:HIV Seropositivity / Q000469:parasitology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged