Intestinal microsporidiosis in HIV-positive patients with chronic unexplained diarrhea in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: diagnosis, clinical presentation and follow-up Microsporidiose intestinal em pacientes HIV-positivos com diarréia crônica no Rio de Janeiro, Brasil: diagnóstico, clínica e acompanhamento

Intestinal microsporidiosis in HIV-positive patients with chronic unexplained diarrhea in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: diagnosis, clinical presentation and follow-up Microsporidiose intestinal em pacientes HIV-positivos com diarréia crônica no Rio de Janeiro, Brasil: diagnóstico, clínica e acompanhamento

After the diagnosis of two cases of microsporidial intestinal infection in 1992, in Rio de Janeiro, we have started looking for this parasite in HIV-infected patients with chronic unexplained diarrhea. We have studied 13 patients from Hospital Evandro Chagas, IOC-FIOCRUZ. Fecal specimens from these...

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Main Authors: Patrícia Brasil, Fernando C. Sodré, Tullia Cuzzi-Maya, Maria Clara G.F.S. Gutierrez, Haroldo Mattos, Hércules Moura
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 1996-04-01
Series:Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
Subjects:
Microsporidia
Diarrhea
Albendazole therapy
Intestinal infection
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