Abdominal pain in childhood due to a Cryptosporidium parasitosis
García Vila, A.; Crespo, M.D.; Martínez, C.; Borrás, R.; Brinés, J.; García de Lomas, J.; Codoñer, P.
Anales Espanoles de Pediatria 25(2): 111-114
1986
ISSN/ISBN: 0302-4342 PMID: 3752746 Document Number: 283327
Three cases of cryptosporidiosis in children are described. Abdominal pain without concomitant acute diarrhoea, was the main clinical symptom. No other intestinal pathological agent was isolated. All children were males, aged between 25-27 months, living in urban area and with a high socioeconomic level. They went to day nurseries and only one was contacted with home animal. This last child had a previous giardiasis treated with metronidazole. Nutritional status was normal. Neither humoral nor cellular immunodeficiency was detected. Cryptosporidium muris isolation was performed with Ziehl-Neelsen modified technique. All recovered with negativity of abdominal pain and bacteriologic controls, using solely dietetic measures.