These tools will no longer be maintained as of December 31, 2024. Archived website can be found here. PubMed4Hh GitHub repository can be found here. Contact NLM Customer Service if you have questions.


Pubmed for Handhelds

PUBMED FOR HANDHELDS

Search MEDLINE/PubMed

  • Title: [Cyclospora cayetanensis in patients with AIDS and chronic diarrhea].
    Author: Velásquez JN, Carnevale S, Cabrera M, Kuo L, Chertcoff A, Mariano M, Bozzini JP, Etchart C, Argento R, di Risio C.
    Journal: Acta Gastroenterol Latinoam; 2004; 34(3):133-7. PubMed ID: 15742928.
    Abstract:
    Cyclospora spp. is a protozoan parasite responsible for significant gastrointestinal disease in patients infected with the human immunodeficiency virus. We report the clinical features of two patients with chronic diarrhea and intestinal cyclosporosis caused by Cyclospora cayetanensis. The average value for CD4 count in these patients was lower than or equal to 100 cells/mm3. The oocysts were detected in smears from stool samples stained with modified acid-fast or safranin technique. Light microscopy revealed parasites in the enterocytes and these parasites were associated with villous atrophy. Cyclospora cayetanensis infection might be an important cause of diarrhea in patients with AIDS in Argentina.
    [Abstract] [Full Text] [Related] [New Search]