Blastocystis hominis: occurrence in children and staff members of municipal day-care centers from Botucatu, São Paulo State, Brazil
To study the frequency of Blastocystis hominis among healthy individuals, feces were collected from 153 children and 20 staff members of some municipal day-care centers. Three separate stool specimens of each individual were processed by Lutz and Faust methods. From 173 studied individuals, 60 (34.7...
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| author | Semíramis Guimarães Maria Inês Leme Sogayar |
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| description | To study the frequency of Blastocystis hominis among healthy individuals, feces were collected from 153 children and 20 staff members of some municipal day-care centers. Three separate stool specimens of each individual were processed by Lutz and Faust methods. From 173 studied individuals, 60 (34.7%) showed B. hominis, frequently in association with other intestinal parasites and/or commensals. B. hominis was found mainly in adults and children between 36 and 72 months old. All positive cases were detected only by Lutz method and the use of three stool specimens increased the positivity of the parasitological diagnostic. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-7ec66e7c2bd344c99572f8b5efdcec562023-09-03T07:24:31ZengFundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ)Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz0074-02761678-80601993-09-0188342742910.1590/S0074-02761993000300012Blastocystis hominis: occurrence in children and staff members of municipal day-care centers from Botucatu, São Paulo State, BrazilSemíramis GuimarãesMaria Inês Leme SogayarTo study the frequency of Blastocystis hominis among healthy individuals, feces were collected from 153 children and 20 staff members of some municipal day-care centers. Three separate stool specimens of each individual were processed by Lutz and Faust methods. From 173 studied individuals, 60 (34.7%) showed B. hominis, frequently in association with other intestinal parasites and/or commensals. B. hominis was found mainly in adults and children between 36 and 72 months old. All positive cases were detected only by Lutz method and the use of three stool specimens increased the positivity of the parasitological diagnostic.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02761993000300012Blastocystits hominisday care centerschildrenstaff membersstool |
| spellingShingle | Semíramis Guimarães Maria Inês Leme Sogayar Blastocystis hominis: occurrence in children and staff members of municipal day-care centers from Botucatu, São Paulo State, Brazil Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz Blastocystits hominis day care centers children staff members stool |
| title | Blastocystis hominis: occurrence in children and staff members of municipal day-care centers from Botucatu, São Paulo State, Brazil |
| title_full | Blastocystis hominis: occurrence in children and staff members of municipal day-care centers from Botucatu, São Paulo State, Brazil |
| title_fullStr | Blastocystis hominis: occurrence in children and staff members of municipal day-care centers from Botucatu, São Paulo State, Brazil |
| title_full_unstemmed | Blastocystis hominis: occurrence in children and staff members of municipal day-care centers from Botucatu, São Paulo State, Brazil |
| title_short | Blastocystis hominis: occurrence in children and staff members of municipal day-care centers from Botucatu, São Paulo State, Brazil |
| title_sort | blastocystis hominis occurrence in children and staff members of municipal day care centers from botucatu sao paulo state brazil |
| topic | Blastocystits hominis day care centers children staff members stool |
| url | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02761993000300012 |
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