Abstract
Background: Cryptosporidiosis is a common cause of persistent diarrhoea in children in developing countries. Previously it was thought to be a major pathogenic organism in immuno-compromised children, but recent studies have shown it to be a common infectious agent in immune-competent children as well. Methods: This descriptive case-series was carried out at Combined Military Hospital Skardu, Pakistan from August 2014 to June 2015. Fifty-three children aged 12 months to 12 years with history of persistent watery diarrhoea for more than 2 weeks, with no blood or mucous in it and no other systemic findings,were included in the study. Results: We examined 53 stool specimens from children with persistent diarrhoea for the presence of cryptosporidium as well other pathogenic organisms.There were 22(41.5%) females and 31(58.5%) males. Out of 53 samples, 11(20.8%) samples were found to be positive for cryptosporidium.Twenty-seven (50.9%) samples were found to be negative for any intestinal pathogen.Conclusion:It is concluded from this study that cryptosporidium is a very common infectious organism of persistent diarrhoea in this part of the country
Arshad Khushdil, , Fatima Murtaza*, Mazhar Nazir Chattha. (2016) CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS AMONG CHILDREN OF DISTRICT SKARDU, PAKISTAN, JOURNAL OF AYUB MEDICAL COLLEGE ABBOTTABAD, Volume 28, Issue 3.
-
Views
570 -
Downloads
41
Article Details
Volume
Issue
Type
Language
