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Colegio de Médicos y Cirujanos de Costa Rica
2002
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- Prevalencia de microsporidios en orinas de pacientes referidos para urocultivo en la Región Pacífico Central Idalia Valerio Campos Randolph Cedeño Saldaña Marisela Umaña Bolaños Misael Chinchilla Carmona Medicina urolcutivo diagnóstico epidemiología Microsporidios Urine samples from patients with clinical antecedents of suspiciongenitourinary pathology were studied for bacteria,fungi and for the presence of microsporidia. Usual culturemedia and methods were used to study bacteria and fungiorganisms. To study for microsporidian parasites, nine mlwere centrifuged and smears of the sediment were fixed, previoustratment with 5% KOH and then stained according toa modified Weber method.Groups of Microsporidia spores were foud in twenty five percent of the samples, coming more frenquently from peoplebetween 26 to 55 five years old .Since these parasites cause important diseases, especially inimmunosuppressed human beings, but also in immunocompetentpersons, it is necessary to improve the methods for abetter diagnosis of this parasitosis. Some modifications havebeen done to the Weber technique in order to have the bestresults. 2002 otro 0001-6002 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=43444104 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=434 Acta Médica Costarricense application/pdf Colegio de Médicos y Cirujanos de Costa Rica Acta Médica Costarricense (Costa Rica) Num.1 Vol.44