[Blastocystosis: a high proportion of cases found in schoolchildren of São Paulo, State of São Paulo, Brazil].
As a part of medical assistance activities, parasitological examination of fecal samples from 227 school children from a public institution of São Paulo (SP) revealed a rather high proportion of results positive for Blastocystis hominis. Other protozoan and worm species were markedly scarcer, a peculiar situation according to our judgement. It is acknowledged that blastocystosis is still largely an indefinite and controversial subject, which deserves adequate analysis to avoid drawbacks in the sphere of action of public health and general medical assistance.
Amato Neto
Vicente
V
Laboratório de Investigação Médica Parasitologia, Departamento de Moléstias Infecciosas e Parasitárias, Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo. amatonet@usp.br
Rodríguez Alarcon
Ruth Semira
RS
Gakiya
Erika
E
Ferreira
Cláudio Santos
CS
Bezerra
Rita Cristina
RC
dos Santos
Alexsander Gonzaga
AG
D000818:Animals; D016776:Blastocystis Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology; D016845:Blastocystis hominis / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D001938:Brazil / Q000453:epidemiology; D002648:Child; D005243:Feces / Q000469:parasitology; D006801:Humans; D010270:Parasite Egg Count