| CASE REPORT |
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| Year : 2006 | Volume
: 24
| Issue : 2 | Page : 144-145 |
Cyclosporiasis in an infant
RN Iyer
Department of Microbiology, Global Hospitals, Hyderabad - 500 004, Andhra Pradesh, India
Correspondence Address:
R N Iyer
Department of Microbiology, Global Hospitals, Hyderabad - 500 004, Andhra Pradesh
India
DOI: 10.4103/0255-0857.25210 PMID: 16687871
This report describes cyclosporiasis in a seven month old infant who presented with incessant crying and refusal of feeds. The routine modified ZN stained smears showed the oocysts of Cyclospora when all other tests failed to reveal enteric pathogens. The need for the clinical laboratory to screen faeces samples for all possible pathogens in a given clinical situation needs to be emphasized.
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