Detection of Cryptosporidium spp and other intestinal parasites in children with acute diarrhea and severe dehydration in Rio de Janeiro.
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%).
Carvalho-Costa
Filipe Anibal
FA
Laboratório de Doenças Parasitárias, Departamento de Medicina Tropical, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil. guaratiba@ioc.fiocruz.br
Gonçalves
Alessandra Queiroga
AQ
Lassance
Sandra Laranjeira
SL
de Albuquerque
Carla Pontes
CP
Leite
José Paulo Gagliardi
JP
Bóia
Márcio Neves
MN
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