Human intestinal infection due to coccidia in Mozambique: two cases

Authors
Clavero, AO Verdu, ME Peman, J Dario, R Gobernado, M
Citation
Ao. Clavero et al., Human intestinal infection due to coccidia in Mozambique: two cases, ACT TROP, 72(1), 1999, pp. 25-29
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Medical Research General Topics
Journal title
ACTA TROPICA
ISSN journal
0001706X → ACNP
Volume
72
Issue
1
Year of publication
1999
Pages
25 - 29
Database
ISI
SICI code
0001-706X(19990115)72:1<25:HIIDTC>2.0.ZU;2-6
Abstract
A case of intestinal infection by Cryptosporidium parvum and another of int estinal Isospora belli infection, both in AIDS patients, are described. The two patients presented pulmonary tuberculosis symptoms and watery diarrhoe a. Modified Ziehl-Neelsen stain of stools gave a definitive diagnosis in bo th cases. They are the first reports of intestinal coccidia infections in A IDS patients described in Mozambique. (C) 1999 Published by Elsevier Scienc e B.V. All rights reserved.