Intestinal Microsporidiosis Prevalence in Children With Severe Malnutrition at a Hospital in the City of Maracaibo
In order to compare the prevalence of intestinal microsporidiosis in children with severe malnutrition and eutrophic children at the Nutritional Recovery Unit, Chiquinquirá Hospital in Maracaibo, State of Zulia, a chain reaction technique was performed on the polymerase (PCR) to identify Encephalito...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:d5033fb09114473cb0077f0ca7f7e77c 2023-10-01T03:54:05+02:00 Intestinal Microsporidiosis Prevalence in Children With Severe Malnutrition at a Hospital in the City of Maracaibo Ellen Acurero Adriana Maldonado Riam Grimaldos Zulbey Rivero Angela Bracho Marinella Calchi Ayarí ívila Nailet Arráiz 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z https://doaj.org/article/d5033fb09114473cb0077f0ca7f7e77c EN ES eng spa Universidad del Zulia,Facultad de Medicina,Departamento de Enfermedades Infecciosas y Tropicales https://produccioncientificaluz.org/index.php/kasmera/article/view/20070 https://doaj.org/toc/0075-5222 https://doaj.org/toc/2477-9628 0075-5222 2477-9628 https://doaj.org/article/d5033fb09114473cb0077f0ca7f7e77c Kasmera, Vol 43, Iss 1, Pp 46-55 (2015) Enterocytozoon bieneusi Encephalitozoon intestinalis PCR microsporidiosis intestinal Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine RC955-962 Public aspects of medicine RA1-1270 article 2015 ftdoajarticles 2023-09-03T00:48:07Z In order to compare the prevalence of intestinal microsporidiosis in children with severe malnutrition and eutrophic children at the Nutritional Recovery Unit, Chiquinquirá Hospital in Maracaibo, State of Zulia, a chain reaction technique was performed on the polymerase (PCR) to identify Encephalitozoon intestinalis and Enterocytozoon bieneusi in stool samples from 50 healthy and 50 severely malnourished children, whose ages were stratified as follows: younger infants (0-11 months), older infants (12-23 months), preschool (2-6 years) and school children (7-12 years). Of the microsporidia species investigated, Enterocytozoon bieneusi was evident in 14% of severely malnourished children and 8% of the eutrophic children. No amplifications for Encephalitozoon intestinalis were obtained in the groups studied. On applying the chi-square statistical test, the result was not significant for the variables intestinal microsporidiosis and malnutrition. Conclusions are that the extent to which malnutrition and microsporidiosis relate is difficult to clarify, because malnutrition is a multifactorial condition, and it is not yet well established which of these two factors is the cause and which is the consequence. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Arctic |
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In order to compare the prevalence of intestinal microsporidiosis in children with severe malnutrition and eutrophic children at the Nutritional Recovery Unit, Chiquinquirá Hospital in Maracaibo, State of Zulia, a chain reaction technique was performed on the polymerase (PCR) to identify Encephalitozoon intestinalis and Enterocytozoon bieneusi in stool samples from 50 healthy and 50 severely malnourished children, whose ages were stratified as follows: younger infants (0-11 months), older infants (12-23 months), preschool (2-6 years) and school children (7-12 years). Of the microsporidia species investigated, Enterocytozoon bieneusi was evident in 14% of severely malnourished children and 8% of the eutrophic children. No amplifications for Encephalitozoon intestinalis were obtained in the groups studied. On applying the chi-square statistical test, the result was not significant for the variables intestinal microsporidiosis and malnutrition. Conclusions are that the extent to which malnutrition and microsporidiosis relate is difficult to clarify, because malnutrition is a multifactorial condition, and it is not yet well established which of these two factors is the cause and which is the consequence. |
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Ellen Acurero Adriana Maldonado Riam Grimaldos Zulbey Rivero Angela Bracho Marinella Calchi Ayarí ívila Nailet Arráiz |
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Ellen Acurero Adriana Maldonado Riam Grimaldos Zulbey Rivero Angela Bracho Marinella Calchi Ayarí ívila Nailet Arráiz |
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Intestinal Microsporidiosis Prevalence in Children With Severe Malnutrition at a Hospital in the City of Maracaibo |
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Intestinal Microsporidiosis Prevalence in Children With Severe Malnutrition at a Hospital in the City of Maracaibo |
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Intestinal Microsporidiosis Prevalence in Children With Severe Malnutrition at a Hospital in the City of Maracaibo |
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Intestinal Microsporidiosis Prevalence in Children With Severe Malnutrition at a Hospital in the City of Maracaibo |
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Intestinal Microsporidiosis Prevalence in Children With Severe Malnutrition at a Hospital in the City of Maracaibo |
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intestinal microsporidiosis prevalence in children with severe malnutrition at a hospital in the city of maracaibo |
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Universidad del Zulia,Facultad de Medicina,Departamento de Enfermedades Infecciosas y Tropicales |
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