Cyclospora: An Overview

Cyclospora: an overview.

Popularization of the acid-fast stain in the early 1980s for detecting Cryptosporidium species in stool specimens set the stage for recognition of Cyclospora species. Between 1986 and 1993, there were nine reports linking diarrheal illness in more than 200 immunocompetent and immunocompromised children and adults to an unidentified, acid-fast organism resembling a "large Cryptosporidium" [2-10]...

Cyclospora: an enigma worth unraveling.

In part, Cyclospora cayetanensis owes its recognition as an emerging pathogen to the increased use of staining methods for detecting enteric parasites such as Cryptosporidium. First reported in patients in New Guinea in 1977 but thought to be a coccidian parasite of the genus Isospora, C. cayetanensis received little attention until it was again described in 1985 in New York and Peru. In the ea...

An Overview of Candiduria

Candida microorganisms frequently exist as saprophytes on the external genitalia or urethra, however, yeast in measurable quantities are found in <1% of clean voided urine specimens. The overall frequency of Candida infections in hospitals has increased by 200% to 300% in the last decade, such that in a general hospital 5% of urine cultures may yield Candida species, and in tertiary-care center...

An Overview on Tuberculosis

بیماری سل یک عفونت باکتریایی مزمن است که توسط مایکوباکتریوم توبرکلوزیس ایجاد شده و توسط تشکیل گرانولوما در بافتهای آلوده مشخص می گردد. شایعترین مکان بروز بیماری، ریه ها می باشند. هر چند که سایر ارگانها نیز ممکن است، درگیر بیماری شوند. سل یک بیماری جدید و ناشناخته نیست. این بیماری در گذشته به عنوان کشنده شماره یک در ایالات متحده محسوب می شد و اکنون نیز به عنوان یک عامل مهم مرگ در کل جهان مطرح است.

Human brucellosis: An overview