Cryptosporidium canis in Two Mexican Toddlers

Cryptosporidium canis in Two Mexican Toddlers

Cryptosporidium canis is reported for the first time in 2 toddlers in Northwestern Mexico. The 2 toddlers (33 and 34 months old) were symptomatic at diagnosis, presenting diarrhea and fever, and 1 case presented chronic malnutrition. Both toddlers were HIV-negative. C. canis was identified by SspI a...

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Veröffentlicht in:The Pediatric infectious disease journal 2016-11, Vol.35 (11), p.1265-1266
Hauptverfasser: González-Díaz, Mariana, Urrea-Quezada, Alejandro, Villegas-Gómez, Isaac, Durazo, María, Garibay-Escobar, Adriana, Hernández, Jesús, Xiao, Lihua, Valenzuela, Olivia
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Sprache:eng
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Antiprotozoal Agents
Child, Preschool
Cryptosporidiosis - diagnosis
Cryptosporidiosis - drug therapy
Cryptosporidiosis - parasitology
Cryptosporidium - genetics
Cryptosporidium - isolation & purification
Diarrhea
DNA, Protozoan - genetics
Fever
Genotype
Humans
Mexico
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Zusammenfassung:Cryptosporidium canis is reported for the first time in 2 toddlers in Northwestern Mexico. The 2 toddlers (33 and 34 months old) were symptomatic at diagnosis, presenting diarrhea and fever, and 1 case presented chronic malnutrition. Both toddlers were HIV-negative. C. canis was identified by SspI and VspI restriction enzyme digestion of the 18S rRNA polymerase chain reaction products and confirmed by sequence analysis.
ISSN:0891-3668
1532-0987
DOI:10.1097/INF.0000000000001287