Criptosporidiose em crianças de 1 a 2 anos de idade, com diarréia aguda em Belém, Pará, Brasil

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Abstract
Two hundred and one samples obtained from 61 children were examined for Cryptosporidium infection during a period of 12 months. One hundred fifteen specimens were collected during diarrhea episodes and the remaining 86 obtained out of diarrhea period, as controls. All samples were examined by a modified Ziehl-Neelsen staining method. Cryptosporidium was detected in 6 (5.2%) of 115 samples from diarrheic children. All non-diarrheic control patients were negative for Cryptosporidium. The present study suggests that Cryptosporidium is an agent of self-limited diarrhoea among immunocompetent children from Belem, Para.