Cryptosporidiosis in Children from the Sultanate of Oman

Authors

• J J. Windsor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, College of Medicine, Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Oman
• S El-Shafie, Department of Medicine Laboratory, Hamad Medical Corporation, Dohar, Qatar
• S Al-Toqui, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, College of Medicine, Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Oman
• F., Department of Microbiology and Immunology, College of Medicine, Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Oman

Abstract

Over a one year period, 807 faecal samples from children (0-12 years) were submitted for routine microbiological examination and screening for Cryptosporidium oocysts. A Phenol-auramine stain was used and putative oocysts were measured afler confirmatory staining with the modified Ziehl Neelsen method. Cryptosporidium were identified in 16 (1.9%) of the samples, and was the third most common enteropathogen after Giardio lamlia (6.0%) and Entomoeba histolytica/dispar (2.3 %). With the exception of two patients with underlying immunodeficiency disorders, all were immunocompetent. No cases of Cryprosporidium were diagnosed during the hottest months of May and June.

Article Type

Review

Publication Date

1-31-1999

First Page

59

Last Page

62

Creative Commons License

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Recommended Citation

Windsor, J J.; El-Shafie, S; Al-Toqui, S; and F. (1999) "Cryptosporidiosis in Children from the Sultanate of Oman," Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal: Vol. 1: 59-62.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.18295/2075-0528.1151