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Gaceta Médica Boliviana
Print version ISSN 1012-2966On-line version ISSN 2227-3662
Abstract
BARRIENTOS GALARZA, Patricia Denisse; TORRICO, Mary Cruz and SUAREZ BARRIENTOS, Eduardo. Detection of cryptosporidium spp and Giardia Lamblia in inmunodepressed children of the niñ@ Hospital Manuel Ascencio Villarroel of Cochabamba in august of 2007. Gac Med Bol [online]. 2008, vol.31, n.1, pp.45-49. ISSN 1012-2966.
This is a descriptive crosssectional study in which partipates Children of 1 month to 13 years old that present the following characteristics: Serious energetic protein malnutrition (DNTPEG) with indicators P/T and T/E < 2 DE (according to the table of Waterlow) associated to danger signs (AIEPI) hospitalized in the Hospital of niño Manuel Ascencio Villarroel. Children carriers of VIH that go to consultation or are committed, born of mothers with confirmed positive diagnosis VIH. Children hematooncological that are hospitalized. We have studied 26 children, 46.2% of them are children with VIH/SIDA, 12 patients whom DNTPEG presents (46.2%) and 7.7% with diagnose hematooncological that was hospitalized or that they attended external consultation. The results showed that there was not infection by Criptosporidium spp in the studied population, 15% had infection by Giardia Liamblia, among other parasites founded we have Strongyloides Stercolaris and Entamoeba coli. Te patients with malnutrion have a grater amount of risk factors to contract any tipe of infections by oportunistic and /or several antimicrobialthay have received that could have controlled the problem, on the other hand knowing the situationof the disease (HIV) it produced that mothers were more careful with the hygienic dietetic measures of their children. We found Gierdia Liamblia can cause infections in inmunosupressed children patients.
Keywords : Cryptosporidium Spp; Giardia Liamblia; inmunosupressed.