Cyclospora Cayetanesis: Description of the first case in the San Rafael de Alajuela Hospital
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.51481/amc.v44i2.410Keywords:
Cyclospora, ciclosporidiosis, ooquistes,, coccidiaAbstract
We are reporting a case of a Norwegian patient whopresented large as recurrent diarrheic episodes. A diagnosisof cyclosporidiosis was stablish. This is the second case ofcyclosporidiosis reported in Costa Rica and the first diagnoseare de they patients were give the adecuated tratamientHospital San Rafael de Alajuela.This is a call for doctors and microbiologist to be preparedfor more possible cases.
Downloads
References
BendallR,LucasS,Moody A, Tovey GChiodini P. D i a r r o h e aassociated with cyanobacterium-like-bodies; a new coccidian enteritisof man. Lancet 1993;341:590-592
Soave R, Cyclospora: an overview. Clin Infect Dis 1996; 23: 429-437.
Ashford RW, Ocurrence of an undescribed coccidian in man in Papua,New Guinea. Ann Trop Med Parasitol 1979; 79: 497.
Ortega YR, Sterling CR, Gilman RH, Cama VA, Diaz F. Cyclosporaspecies. A new protozoan pathogen of humans. N Engl J Med1993;328:1308-1312.
Zerpa R, Uchima N, Huicho L. Cyclospora cayetanensis associatedwith watery diarrheain Peruvian patients. J Trop Med Hyg 1995;98:325-329.
Sun T, Ilardi C, Asnis D, Bresciani A, Goldenberg S, Roberts B,Te i c h b e rg S, Ligth andelectron microscopic identification ofCyclospora species in the small intestine. Am J Clin Pathol 1996; 105:216-220.
Long EG, Ebrahimzadehm A, White EH. Alga associated withdiarrohea in patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome and intravellers. J Clin Microbiol 1990; 28: 1101-1104.
Herwaldt BL, Ackers ML. An outbreak in 1996 of cyclosporiasisassociated with imported raspberries. N Engl J Med 1997; 336:1548-1556.
Herwaldt BL, Beach MJ. The return of Cyclospora in 1997: anotheroutbreak of cyclosporiasis in North America associated with importedraspberries. Ann Intern Med 1999; 130:210-220.
Chinchilla M, Guerrero OM,Reyes L, Castro A. Cyclosporacayetanensis: revisión e informe del primer caso humano en CostaRica. Acta Med. Costarric. 1999. 41(3): 39-42.
Wurtz R. Cyclospora: a newly identified intestinal pathogen of humans.Clin Infect Dis 1994; 18:620-623.
Wurtz R, Kocka FE, Peters CS, Weldon-Linne CM, Kuritza A ,Yungbluth P. Clinical characteristics of seven cases of diarrheaassociated with a novel acid-fast organism in the stool. Clin Infect Dis1993; 16: 136-138.
Sifuentes OJ, Porras CG, Bendal RP. Cyclospora cayetanensis infectionin patients with an d without AIDS. Billiary disease and another clinicalmanifestation. Clin Infect Dis 1995. 21: 1092-1097.
Gascon J, Corachan M; Bombi. Cyclospora in patients with traveler sdiarrhea. Scand J Infect Dis 1995; 27: 511-514.
Ortega YR, Sterling CH, Gilman RH. Cyclospora cayetanensis. AdvParasitol 1998; 40: 399-418.
Connor AB, Shlim RD. Foodborne transmission of Cyclospora. Lancet1995; 346:1634.
Colomina J, Villar J. Características morfológicas y terapéuticas deCyclospora cayetanensis. Bol Chil Parasitol 1997; 52: 26-32
Downloads
Published
Issue
Section
License
Copyright (c) 2008 Acta Médica Costarricense
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.
Los autores que publican en la revista Acta Médica Costarricense pueden distribuir, copiar, remezclar, retocar, leer, descargar, imprimir, buscar y crear a partir de su obra de modo no comercial, indicando los créditos a la revista y sus autores y compartir su obra en las mismas condiciones. Para ello se aplica la licencia Creative Commons Reconocimiento-NoComercial-CompartirIgual 4.0 Internacional(CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)
