Cryptosporidiosis in young children suffering from diarrhoea in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. |
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| Authors: | A S Bolbol |
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| Institution: | Dept. of Pathology, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. |
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| Abstract: | A one-year study of patients (0-120 months of age) with diarrhoea at King Abdel-Aziz University Hospital (KAUH) in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, detected two cases of cryptosporidiosis. Stool specimens from 174 children with diarrhoea and negative for other parasitic infection were examined using a safranin-methylene blue stain (S-MB). Two children (L.1%) were showing Cryptosporidium oocysts. None of 50 control children who did not have diarrhoea and was free of Giardia lamblia was Cryptosporidium positive. |
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