Cryptosporidiosis in north Indian children.
dc.contributor.author | Kaur, N | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Diwan, N | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 1991-06-01 | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2009-05-29T05:08:30Z | |
dc.date.available | 1991-06-01 | en_US |
dc.date.available | 2009-05-29T05:08:30Z | |
dc.date.issued | 1991-06-01 | en_US |
dc.description.abstract | Stool samples of 100 children (below 2 years of age) with acute diarrhea as study group and 50 non-diarrheal stools of children (age and sex matched) as control were examined for parasites. The samples were processed and examined by direct wet mounts, concentration technique and modified Ziehl-Neelsen staining. The prevalence of cryptosporidium was 5.0% in the study group while none of the controlled samples showed it. In all cryptosporidium positive cases, no other bacterial or parasitic pathogen could be detected. Diarrhea persisted for 6-16 days and was moderate resulting in dehydration, which was rapidly corrected by oral/or intravenous fluids. Out of 5 cryptosporidium positive children 4 were breast-fed while 1 received bottle feeding. Only one positive case had contact with petdog. | en_US |
dc.description.affiliation | Department of Microbiology, Lady Hardinge Medical College, New Delhi, India. | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | Kaur N, Diwan N. Cryptosporidiosis in north Indian children. Indian Journal of Medical Sciences. 1991 Jun; 45(6): 143-5 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | https://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/67301 | |
dc.language.iso | eng | en_US |
dc.source.uri | https://www.indianjmedsci.org | en_US |
dc.subject.mesh | Acute Disease | en_US |
dc.subject.mesh | Animals | en_US |
dc.subject.mesh | Cryptosporidiosis --epidemiology | en_US |
dc.subject.mesh | Female | en_US |
dc.subject.mesh | Giardiasis --epidemiology | en_US |
dc.subject.mesh | Humans | en_US |
dc.subject.mesh | India --epidemiology | en_US |
dc.subject.mesh | Infant | en_US |
dc.subject.mesh | Male | en_US |
dc.title | Cryptosporidiosis in north Indian children. | en_US |
dc.type | Journal Article | en_US |
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