Cryptosporidiosis in black South African children

Berkowitz, F.E.; Vallabh, W.; Buqwana, A.; Heney, C.

South African Medical Journal 74(6): 272-273

1988


ISSN/ISBN: 0256-9574
PMID: 3420466
Document Number: 320406
The incidence of cryptosporidiosis in young children was determined by staining of faecal specimens with a modified Kinyoun stain. Seventeen of 92 (18,4%) children with diarrhoea and 1 of 29 (3,4%) controls excreted Cryptosporidium oocysts, suggesting that this was an important enteric pathogen in these children.

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