title: Cryptosporidiosis occurrence in HIV+ patients attended in a hospital, Brazil.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Centro de Pesquisas, Instituto de Biologia do Exército, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
authors.forename: Paulo César
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Ribeiro
authors.forename: Edwin
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Pile
authors.forename: Margareth Maria de Carvalho
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Queiroz
authors.forename: Antonio Neres
authors.initials: AN
authors.lastname: Norberg
authors.forename: José Ricardo de Oliveira
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Tenório
mesh_terms: 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