title: Infection by Cryptosporidium sp. in immunocompromised haematological patients.
abstract: The frequency of intestinal infection by Cryptosporidium sp. was determined in 60 patients, attended at the Haematological and Haemotherapeutical Service of "Santa Casa de Misericórdia" of São Paulo, suffering lymphoproliferative diseases (Group 1). As control group (Group 2) 59 persons without haematological diseases, but with the same life time and living at the same place of that of haematological patients, had been examined. The stool parasitological tests performed disclosed Cryptosporidium sp. oocysts in six (10%) individuals belonging to Group 1, whereas, in Group 2, nobody showed infection by this coccidian. Among the patients infected by Cryptosporidium sp. only one showed diarrhoeal faeces.
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Medicina Tropical de S. Paulo, LIM-60, S. Paulo, SP, Brazil. pchieffi@usp.br
authors.forename: Pedro Paulo
authors.initials: PP
authors.lastname: Chieffi
authors.forename: Maria Aparecida
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Paschoalotti
authors.forename: Carmen Sílvia
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Vergueiro
authors.forename: Carlos Sérgio
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Chiattone
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D003457:Cryptosporidiosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000276:immunology; D003458:Cryptosporidium / Q000302:isolation & purification; D005243:Feces / Q000469:parasitology; D006801:Humans; D016867:Immunocompromised Host; D008232:Lymphoproliferative Disorders / Q000276:immunology / Q000469:parasitology*