Cryptosporidiosis among patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) in the county of São Paulo, Brazil

Authors

  • Rosa Maria Donini Souza Dias Instituto Adolf Lutz
  • Ana Célia Steffen Mangini Instituto Adolf Lutz
  • Domingas Maria A. Grispino Vieira Torres Instituto Adolf Lutz
  • Marcelo Oswaldo A. Corrêa Instituto Adolf Lutz
  • Norival Lupetti Instituto Adolf Lutz
  • Fernando M. A. Corrêa Instituto Butantan
  • Pedro Paulo ChieffI Instituto Adolf Lutz

Keywords:

Cryptosporidium sp., Cryptosporidiosis, AIDS

Abstract

Stool samples of 157 patients with AIDS, living in the county of São Paulo, were submitted to several techniques in the search for Cryptosporidium sp.. Among the various techniques tested for slide preparation (direct smear, spontaneous sedimentation method, and formol-ether concentration), the latter, formol-ether concentration, offered the best results, clearly outdoing all the others. Nineteen samples out of 157 prepared by this technique, after dyeing by the Kinyoun method or by carbol fuchsin dimethyl sulfoxide, were found to be positive for Cryptosporidium sp..

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Published

1988-08-01

Issue

Vol. 30 No. 4 (1988)

Section

Epidemiology

How to Cite

Dias, R. M. D. S., Mangini, A. C. S., Torres, D. M. A. G. V., Corrêa, M. O. A., Lupetti, N., Corrêa, F. M. A., & ChieffI, P. P. (1988). Cryptosporidiosis among patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) in the county of São Paulo, Brazil . Revista Do Instituto De Medicina Tropical De São Paulo, 30(4), 310-312. https://www.revistas.usp.br/rimtsp/article/view/28603