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Enteritis por criptosporidio - Prevención

Nombres alternativos

Cryptosporidiosis

Prevención:

Una higiene y salubridad apropiadas, incluyendo el lavado de las manos, son medidas importantes en la prevención de esta enfermedad.

Algunos filtros de agua también pueden reducir el riesgo al filtrar los huevos del microorganismo criptosporidio; sin embargo, los poros de estos filtros deben ser de menos de 1 micrón para que sean efectivos. Si la persona es inmunodeficiente, debe preguntarle al médico si necesita hervir el agua.

Cryptosporidium

Órganos del sistema digestivo

Fecha de revisión: 5/19/2008
Versión en inglés revisada por:Sean O. Stitham, MD, private practice in Internal Medicine, Seattle, WA; Jatin M. Vyas, MD, PhD, Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Assistant in Medicine, Division of Infectious Disease, Massachusetts General Hospital. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.
Traducción y localización realizada por: DrTango, Inc

Referencias

Montes M, DuPont HL. Enteritis, Enterocolitis and Infectious Diarrhea Syndromes. In: Cohen J, Powderly WG, Berkley SF, et al, eds. Infectious Diseases. 2nd ed. Philadelphia, PA: Mosby Elsevier; 2004: chap 43.

Kirkpatrick BD, Sears CL. Cryptosporidiosis. In: Goldman L, Ausiello D, eds. Cecil Medicine. 23rd ed. Philadelphia, PA: Saunders Elsevier; 2007: chap 371.

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