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[Prevalence of Cryptosporidium sp and Isospora belli in patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) in Dakar (Senegal]

Dakar Med. 1994;39(2):121-4. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/96220614
Dieng T; Ndir O; Diallo S; Coll-Seck AM; Dieng Y; Service de Parasitologie-Mycologie, Faculte de Medecine et de; Pharmacie, Dakar.

Abstract: 72 patients with AIDS, having diarrhoea and admitted in the Unit of Infectious diseases, Fann Hospital from 1989 to 1991 were investigated for Cryptosporidium sp. and Isospora belli isolation by the modified Ziehl-Neelsen technique, after stolls' concentration by Ritchie technique. The prevalence were 13.9% for Cryptosporidium sp, and 15.3% for I. belli. In two patients (2.8%), these 2 coccidiae were associated. Cryptosporidium sp. and I. belli were the single parasites found respectively in 6 (8.3% and 7 (9.7%) of the patients. In the other faecal samples with a positive result for Cryptosporidium sp. or I. belli, they were associated with A. lumbricoides, G. intestialis, E. histolytica or S. stecoralis. According to these results, Cryptosporidium sp. and I. belli were more frequently observed in AIDS patients from Dakar than those from Zaire, Congo and Cote d'Ivoire.
Keywords: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/*COMPLICATIONS/PARASITOLOGY Adult Animal Coccidiosis/COMPLICATIONS/*EPIDEMIOLOGY Comparative Study Cryptosporidiosis/COMPLICATIONS/*EPIDEMIOLOGY Cryptosporidium/PARASITOLOGY Diarrhea/PARASITOLOGY English Abstract Female Human *Isospora/ISOLATION & PURIF Male Middle Age Senegal JOURNAL ARTICLEKWDacquiredimmunodeficiencysyndrome/KWDcomplications/parasitologyadultanimalcoccidiosis/complications/KWDepidemiologycomparativestudycryptosporidiosis/complications/KWDepidemiologycryptosporidium/parasitologydiarrhea/parasitologyenglishabstractfemalehumanKWDisospora/isolation&purifmalemiddleagesenegaljournalarticle
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