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9662959

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1998-8-26
pubmed:abstractText
The frequency of infection by Cryptosporidium parvum was determined in two groups of renal patients submitted to immunosuppression. One group consisted of 23 renal transplanted individuals, and the other consisted of 32 patients with chronic renal insufficiency, periodically submitted to hemodialysis. A third group of 27 patients with systemic arterial hypertension, not immunosuppressed, was used as control. During a period of 18 months all the patients were submitted to faecal examination to detect C. parvum oocysts, for a total of 1 to 6 tests per patient. The results showed frequencies of C. parvum infection of 34.8%, 25% and 17.4%, respectively, for the renal transplanted group, the patients submitted to hemodialysis and the control group. Statistical analysis showed no significant differences among the three groups even though the frequency of C. parvum infection was higher in the transplanted group. However, when the number of fecal samples containing C. parvum oocysts was taken in account, a significantly higher frequency was found in the renal transplanted group.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0037-8682
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
31
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
333-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:articleTitle
Infection by Cryptosporidium parvum in renal patients submitted to renal transplant or hemodialysis.
pubmed:affiliation
Tropical Medicine Institute of São Paulo, Brazil.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study