Infection by Cryptosporidium sp. in immunocompromised haematological patients Infecção por Cryptosporidium sp. em pacientes hematológicos submetidos a situações de imunodepressão
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 wi...
Published in: | Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo |
---|---|
Main Authors: | , , , |
Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
Language: | English |
Published: |
Universidade de São Paulo (USP)
2005
|
Subjects: | |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1590/S0036-46652005000500011 https://doaj.org/article/9f14407b7b22435b8a58cd0056898f6f |
id |
ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:9f14407b7b22435b8a58cd0056898f6f |
---|---|
record_format |
openpolar |
spelling |
ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:9f14407b7b22435b8a58cd0056898f6f 2024-09-09T19:26:48+00:00 Infection by Cryptosporidium sp. in immunocompromised haematological patients Infecção por Cryptosporidium sp. em pacientes hematológicos submetidos a situações de imunodepressão Pedro Paulo Chieffi Maria Aparecida Paschoalotti Carmen Sílvia Vergueiro Carlos Sérgio Chiattone 2005-10-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.1590/S0036-46652005000500011 https://doaj.org/article/9f14407b7b22435b8a58cd0056898f6f EN eng Universidade de São Paulo (USP) http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0036-46652005000500011 https://doaj.org/toc/0036-4665 https://doaj.org/toc/1678-9946 doi:10.1590/S0036-46652005000500011 0036-4665 1678-9946 https://doaj.org/article/9f14407b7b22435b8a58cd0056898f6f Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo, Vol 47, Iss 5, Pp 301-302 (2005) Cryptosporidium sp Cryptosporidiosis Lymphoproliferative disease Immunocompromised patient Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine RC955-962 Infectious and parasitic diseases RC109-216 article 2005 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.1590/S0036-46652005000500011 2024-08-05T17:49:30Z 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. Determinou-se a freqüência de infecção intestinal por Cryptosporidium sp. em 60 pacientes atendidos no Serviço de Hematologia e Hemoterapia da Santa Casa de Misericórdia de São Paulo que apresentavam processos linfoproliferativos (Grupo 1). Como grupo controle (Grupo 2) examinaram-se 59 indivíduos sadios, que habitavam as mesmas localidades e pertenciam a faixa etária semelhante a dos pacientes do Grupo 1. Os exames parasitológicos de fezes revelaram freqüência de infecção por Cryptosporidium sp. de 10% no Grupo 1, enquanto nos controles (Grupo 2) não se evidenciou nenhum caso de infecção por esse coccídeo. Entre os pacientes que eliminavam oocistos de Cryptosporidium sp. apenas um apresentava fezes diarrêicas. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Arctic Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo 47 5 301 302 |
institution |
Open Polar |
collection |
Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles |
op_collection_id |
ftdoajarticles |
language |
English |
topic |
Cryptosporidium sp Cryptosporidiosis Lymphoproliferative disease Immunocompromised patient Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine RC955-962 Infectious and parasitic diseases RC109-216 |
spellingShingle |
Cryptosporidium sp Cryptosporidiosis Lymphoproliferative disease Immunocompromised patient Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine RC955-962 Infectious and parasitic diseases RC109-216 Pedro Paulo Chieffi Maria Aparecida Paschoalotti Carmen Sílvia Vergueiro Carlos Sérgio Chiattone Infection by Cryptosporidium sp. in immunocompromised haematological patients Infecção por Cryptosporidium sp. em pacientes hematológicos submetidos a situações de imunodepressão |
topic_facet |
Cryptosporidium sp Cryptosporidiosis Lymphoproliferative disease Immunocompromised patient Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine RC955-962 Infectious and parasitic diseases RC109-216 |
description |
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. Determinou-se a freqüência de infecção intestinal por Cryptosporidium sp. em 60 pacientes atendidos no Serviço de Hematologia e Hemoterapia da Santa Casa de Misericórdia de São Paulo que apresentavam processos linfoproliferativos (Grupo 1). Como grupo controle (Grupo 2) examinaram-se 59 indivíduos sadios, que habitavam as mesmas localidades e pertenciam a faixa etária semelhante a dos pacientes do Grupo 1. Os exames parasitológicos de fezes revelaram freqüência de infecção por Cryptosporidium sp. de 10% no Grupo 1, enquanto nos controles (Grupo 2) não se evidenciou nenhum caso de infecção por esse coccídeo. Entre os pacientes que eliminavam oocistos de Cryptosporidium sp. apenas um apresentava fezes diarrêicas. |
format |
Article in Journal/Newspaper |
author |
Pedro Paulo Chieffi Maria Aparecida Paschoalotti Carmen Sílvia Vergueiro Carlos Sérgio Chiattone |
author_facet |
Pedro Paulo Chieffi Maria Aparecida Paschoalotti Carmen Sílvia Vergueiro Carlos Sérgio Chiattone |
author_sort |
Pedro Paulo Chieffi |
title |
Infection by Cryptosporidium sp. in immunocompromised haematological patients Infecção por Cryptosporidium sp. em pacientes hematológicos submetidos a situações de imunodepressão |
title_short |
Infection by Cryptosporidium sp. in immunocompromised haematological patients Infecção por Cryptosporidium sp. em pacientes hematológicos submetidos a situações de imunodepressão |
title_full |
Infection by Cryptosporidium sp. in immunocompromised haematological patients Infecção por Cryptosporidium sp. em pacientes hematológicos submetidos a situações de imunodepressão |
title_fullStr |
Infection by Cryptosporidium sp. in immunocompromised haematological patients Infecção por Cryptosporidium sp. em pacientes hematológicos submetidos a situações de imunodepressão |
title_full_unstemmed |
Infection by Cryptosporidium sp. in immunocompromised haematological patients Infecção por Cryptosporidium sp. em pacientes hematológicos submetidos a situações de imunodepressão |
title_sort |
infection by cryptosporidium sp. in immunocompromised haematological patients infecção por cryptosporidium sp. em pacientes hematológicos submetidos a situações de imunodepressão |
publisher |
Universidade de São Paulo (USP) |
publishDate |
2005 |
url |
https://doi.org/10.1590/S0036-46652005000500011 https://doaj.org/article/9f14407b7b22435b8a58cd0056898f6f |
geographic |
Arctic |
geographic_facet |
Arctic |
genre |
Arctic |
genre_facet |
Arctic |
op_source |
Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo, Vol 47, Iss 5, Pp 301-302 (2005) |
op_relation |
http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0036-46652005000500011 https://doaj.org/toc/0036-4665 https://doaj.org/toc/1678-9946 doi:10.1590/S0036-46652005000500011 0036-4665 1678-9946 https://doaj.org/article/9f14407b7b22435b8a58cd0056898f6f |
op_doi |
https://doi.org/10.1590/S0036-46652005000500011 |
container_title |
Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo |
container_volume |
47 |
container_issue |
5 |
container_start_page |
301 |
op_container_end_page |
302 |
_version_ |
1809896350142169088 |