Shedding of oocysts of Cryptosporidium in immunocompetent patients

Forty nine patients (19 adults and 30 children) with oocysts of Cryptosporidium in their faeces had repeated stool specimens taken until oocysts could no longer be identified. They were found in the stools up to 35 days after the onset of symptoms in one patient, but most had stopped shedding them b...

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Published in:Journal of clinical pathology 1988-10, Vol.41 (10), p.1104-1106
Main Authors: Shepherd, R C, Reed, C L, Sinha, G P
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Biological and medical sciences
Child
Child, Preschool
Cryptosporidiosis - parasitology
Feces - parasitology
Human mycoses
Humans
Immunocompetence
Infant
Infectious diseases
Medical sciences
Middle Aged
Mycoses
Time Factors
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Summary:Forty nine patients (19 adults and 30 children) with oocysts of Cryptosporidium in their faeces had repeated stool specimens taken until oocysts could no longer be identified. They were found in the stools up to 35 days after the onset of symptoms in one patient, but most had stopped shedding them by 20 days. In 25 of the 49 patients in whom symptoms could be compared with the shedding of oocysts, 19 (76%) had symptoms corresponding to the shedding period while symptoms persisted in four (16%) after shedding had stopped.
ISSN:0021-9746
1472-4146
DOI:10.1136/jcp.41.10.1104