Reporting for cryptosporidium species in routine stool microscopy

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Year : 2001 \| Volume : 19 \| Issue : 3 \| Page : 166

Reporting for cryptosporidium species in routine stool microscopy

A Chaudhury
Department of Microbiology, Sri Venkateswara Institute of Medical Sciences, Thirupathi - 517 507, AP, India

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Department of Microbiology, Sri Venkateswara Institute of Medical Sciences, Thirupathi - 517 507, AP, India

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Chaudhury A. Reporting for cryptosporidium species in routine stool microscopy. Indian J Med Microbiol 2001;19:166

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Chaudhury A. Reporting for cryptosporidium species in routine stool microscopy. Indian J Med Microbiol [serial online] 2001 [cited 2020 Oct 22];19:166. Available from: https://www.ijmm.org/text.asp?2001/19/3/166/8158

Dear Editor,
Sethi et al in their article in July 2000 issue of IJMM have reported the trends in intestinal parasites in Chandigarh from 1988 to 1997.[1] However, they have made no mention about Cryptosporidium species, a protozoan parasite which is an important intestinal pathogen not only among the immunosuppressed but also the immunocompetent subjects.[2],[3] In one study from India its prevalence has been found to be 3.8% in children under 5 years age suffering from acute diarrhoea.[4] Another study from the same centre was done for a two year period comprising patients of all age groups.[5] The overall incidence was found to be 7.2% with the highest incidence of 11.4% among the age group 16-45 years. These and other studies from India and abroad stress the need for screening of this parasite in routine stool testing which is already in existence at the above laboratory and at our centre. Its incidence is likely to go up in the coming years as the large number of HIV positive cases enter the AIDS stage of the disease.

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1.	Sethi S, Sehgal R, Malla N, Dubey ML, Mahajan RC. Changing trends of parasitic infections in Chandigarh (Northern India): Hospital based study. Ind J Med Microbio 2000;18(3): 106-109.
2.	Angsu KW. Cryptosporidiosis in man, domestic animals, and birds : a review. J R Soc Med 1983;76: 62-70.
3.	Current WL, Garcia LS. Cryptosporidiosis. Clin Microbiol Review 1991; 4: 325-358.
4.	Nath G, Shukla BN, Reddy DCS, Sanyal SC. A community study on the aetiology of childhood diarrhoea with special reference to Campylobacter jejuni in a semiurban slum of Varnasi, India. J Diarrhoeal Dis Res 1993; 11: 165-168.
5.	Nath G, Chaudhury A, Shukla BN, Singh TB, Reddy DCS. Significance of Cryptosporidium in acute diarrhoea in North-Eastern India. J Med Microbiol 1999; 48: 523-526.

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