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Acute diarrhoea associated with Cryptosporidium sp in Belém, Brazil (preliminary report)

1986; UNIVERSIDADE DE SÃO PAULO; Volume: 28; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1590/s0036-46651986000200011

1678-9946

Edvaldo Carlos Brito Loureiro, Alexandre da Costa Linhares, Leonardo Mata,

Amoebic Infections and Treatments

Cryptosporidium sp was detected in faeces from three children suffering from acute diarrhoea. In two cases no other concomitant agents were detected and in a 3rd. this agent was associated with Entamoeba histolytic, Entamoeba coli, Endolimax nana, Chilomastix mesnili and Pentatricbomonas hominis.