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Provedor de dados: | Journal of Venomous Animals and Toxins Including Tropical Diseases
País: | Brazil
Título: | Cryptosporidium SP in HIV-infected individuals attending a Brazilian University Hospital
Autores: | Langoni-Júnior,G.; Souza,L. R.
Data: | 2007-01-01
Ano: | 2007
Palavras-chave: | Diarrhea; Viral load; HIV; HAART; Cryptosporidium; CD4-positive T-lymphocytes.
Resumo: | The aim of the current work was to evaluate the occurrence of Cryptosporidium sp in AIDS patients in a region of São Paulo State, Brazil. Patients were divided into groups according to CD4+ T lymphocyte count and use of potent antiretroviral treatment. Two hundred and ten fecal samples from 105 patients were fixed in 10% formalin and subjected to centrifuge formol-ether sedimentation. Slides were stained with auramine and confirmed by modified Ziehl-Neelsen. Cryptosporidiosis occurrence was 10.5% with no relationship among gender, age or the presence of diarrhea. The number of oocysts in all samples was small, independent of CD4+ T lymphocyte count, HIV plasma viral load, and presence of diarrhea. These results may be due to the reduced prevalence of opportunistic infections in AIDS individuals after the advent of highly active antiretroviral therapy.
Tipo: | Info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Idioma: | Inglês
Identificador: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1678-91992007000400005
Editor: | Centro de Estudos de Venenos e Animais Peçonhentos
Relação: | 10.1590/S1678-91992007000400005
Formato: | text/html
Fonte: | Journal of Venomous Animals and Toxins including Tropical Diseases  v.13 n.4 2007
Fonte: | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess