Cryptosporidiosis in Children from the Sultanate of Oman

Journal Title: Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal - Year 1999, Vol 1, Issue 1

Abstract

Over a one year period, 807 faecal samples from children (0-12 years) were submitted for routine microbiological examination and screening for Cryptosporidium oocysts. A Phenol-auramine stain was used and putative oocysts were measured afler confirmatory staining with the modified Ziehl Neelsen method. Cryptosporidium were identified in 16 (1.9%) of the samples, and was the third most common enteropathogen after Giardio lamlia (6.0%) and Entomoeba histolytica/dispar (2.3 %). With the exception of two patients with underlying immunodeficiency disorders, all were immunocompetent. No cases of Cryprosporidium were diagnosed during the hottest months of May and June.

Authors and Affiliations

J. J. Windsor| Department of Microbiology and Immunology, College of Medicine, Sultan Qaboos University, P.O.Box35, Al-Khod 123, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman, S. El-Shafie| Department of Medicine Laboratory, Hamad Medical Corporation, P. 0. Box 3050, Dohar; Qatar, S. Welch| Department of Microbiology and Immunology, College of Medicine, Sultan Qaboos University, P.O.Box35, Al-Khod 123, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman, F. Al-Toqui| Department of Microbiology and Immunology, College of Medicine, Sultan Qaboos University, P.O.Box35, Al-Khod 123, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman

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J. J. Windsor, S. El-Shafie, S. Welch, F. Al-Toqui (1999). Cryptosporidiosis in Children from the Sultanate of Oman. Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal, 1(1), 59-62. https://europub.co.uk/articles/-A-13596