Abstract

SANTANA ANE, Mercedes et al. Emergencia de un nuevo patógeno: Cyclospora cayetanensis en pacientes infectados por el virus de inmunodeficiencia humana. Rev Cubana Med Trop [online]. 2000, vol.52, n.1, pp.66-69. ISSN 0375-0760.

The emergence of a new pathogen Cyclospora cayetanensis as a cause of clinical disease in inmunosupressed hosts is related with prolonged, severe and highly recurrent diarrheas. This paper reports two Cuban cases of cyclosporiosis asociated with infection from human inmunodeficiency virus in which non sporulated oocysts of Cyclospora cayetanensis were detected in feces by modified Zielhl Neelsen´s technique. The most significant clinical symptoms were chronic diarrheas and loss of body weight, with CD4 levels below 200 cells per mm3. The occurrence of severe digestive symptoms in patients with Cyclospora cayetanensi and important inmune compromise backed up the concept that this pathogen may act as a new opportunistic pathogen in patients with HIV.

Keywords : AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS [parasitology]; DIARRHEA [parasitology]; COCCI-DIOSIS; FECES [parasitology].

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