| [incidence of cryptosporidium sp in patients treated in a general hospital. technics for the identification of oocysts in feces]. | in feces referred for parasite investigation from 1973 patients of the hospital clinico universitario in salamanca, 27 instances of infestation by cryptosporidium sp (1.5% of all investigated patients) were detected in 19 children (1.4%) and 8 adults (2.2%). the incidence in patients with antibodies against the human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) was 12.5%, in contrast with 1.25% in patients without anti-hiv antibodies. 55.5% of the instances of cryptosporidium sp infestation were found in childr ... | 1989 | 2796444 |
| seasonal prevalences of cryptosporidium and giardia infections in children attending day care centres in salamanca (spain) studied for a period of 15 months. | five studies were carried out in children younger than 4 years old attending regularly day care centres in order to determine the intestinal parasitization by cryptosporidium and giardia. the percent of children parasitized by cryptosporidium was 10% (17 children out of 170 studied). cryptosporidiosis was more frequent in winter than in other seasons (difference statistically significant). giardia intestinalis, which was the most frequent parasite, was identified in 25.3% (43 children out of 170 ... | 1996 | 8884197 |