Detection of Cryptosporidium spp and other intestinal parasites in children with acute diarrhea and severe dehydration in Rio de Janeiro Detecção de Cryptosporidium spp e outros parasitas intestinais em crianças com diarréia aguda e desidratação grave no Rio de Janeiro

• Published in: Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
• Main Authors: Filipe Anibal Carvalho-Costa, Alessandra Queiroga Gonçalves, Sandra Laranjeira Lassance, Carla Pontes de Albuquerque, José Paulo Gagliardi Leite, Márcio Neves Bóia
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 2007
• Subjects: Cryptosporidium spp; Diarréia aguda; Crianças; Exame de fezes; Acute diarrhea; Children; Stool examination; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Arctic; Aguda; Ritchie
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1590/S0037-86822007000300020; https://doaj.org/article/53ab814d21f242a8932ac09a572b8c09

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 iden...