title: Detection of Cryptosporidium spp and other intestinal parasites in children with acute diarrhea and severe dehydration in Rio de Janeiro.
abstract: The objective of the present study was to estimate the frequency of infection by Cryptosporidium spp and other intestinal parasites in dehydrated children with gastroenteritis who were admitted to a pediatric hospital. Stool examinations from 218 children were performed. Cryptosporidium spp was identified in eighteen out of 193 stool samples (9.3%) subjected to safranin-methylene blue staining. Giardia lamblia was detected in ten out of 213 (4.7%) samples examined via the direct or Ritchie methods. Other parasites identified were Ascaris lumbricoides (4.2%), Blastocystis hominis (1.4%), Entamoeba coli (0.9%), Entamoeba histolytica/Entamoeba dispar (0.5%), Endolimax nana (0.5%), Trichuris trichiura (0.5%) and Enterobius vermicularis (0.5%).
authors.affiliation: Laboratório de Doenças Parasitárias, Departamento de Medicina Tropical, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil. guaratiba@ioc.fiocruz.br
authors.forename: Filipe Anibal
authors.initials: FA
authors.lastname: Carvalho-Costa
authors.forename: Alessandra Queiroga
authors.initials: AQ
authors.lastname: Gonçalves
authors.forename: Sandra Laranjeira
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Lassance
authors.forename: Carla Pontes
authors.initials: CP
authors.lastname: de Albuquerque
authors.forename: José Paulo Gagliardi
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Leite
authors.forename: Márcio Neves
authors.initials: MN
authors.lastname: Bóia
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000818:Animals; D001938:Brazil / Q000453:epidemiology; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003458:Cryptosporidium / Q000302:isolation & purification; D003681:Dehydration / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology*; D056890:Eukaryota / Q000302:isolation & purification; D005243:Feces / Q000469:parasitology; D005440:Fluid Therapy; D005759:Gastroenteritis / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology*; D006373:Helminthiasis / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D011528:Protozoan Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology*; D012720:Severity of Illness Index