Emergencia de un nuevo patógeno: Cyclospora cayetanensis en pacientes infectados por el virus de inmunodeficiencia humana / Emergence of a new pathogen: Cyclospora cayetanensis in patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus
Rev. cuba. med. trop
; 52(1): 66-69, Jan.-Apr. 2000.
Artigo
em Espanhol
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| ID: lil-333495
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BR1.1
RESUMO
The emergence of a new pathogen Cyclospora cayetanensis as a cause of clinical disease in immunosuppressed hosts is related with prolonged, severe and highly recurrent diarrheas. This paper reports two Cuban cases of cyclosporiasis associated with infection from human immunodeficiency virus in which non sporulated oocysts of Cyclospora cayetanensis were detected in feces by modified Zielhl Neelsen's technique. The most significant clinical symptoms were chronic diarrheas and loss of body weight, with CD4 levels below 200 cells per mm3. The occurrence of severe digestive symptoms in patients with Cyclospora cayetanensi and important immune compromise backed up the concept that this pathogen may act as a new opportunistic pathogen in patients with HIV.
Texto completo:
Disponível
Coleções:
Bases de dados internacionais
Contexto em Saúde:
Doenças Negligenciadas
Problema de saúde:
Diarreia
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Doenças Negligenciadas
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Zoonoses
Base de dados:
LILACS
Assunto principal:
Infecções Oportunistas Relacionadas com a AIDS
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Cyclospora
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Ciclosporíase
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Diarreia
Limite:
Animais
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Humanos
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Masculino
Idioma:
Espanhol
Revista:
Rev. cuba. med. trop
Assunto da revista:
Medicina Tropical
Ano de publicação:
2000
Tipo de documento:
Artigo
País de afiliação:
Cuba
Instituição/País de afiliação:
Instituto de Medicina Tropical Pedro Kouri/CU