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Shedding of oocysts by immunocompetent individuals with cryptosporidiosis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 October 2009

Derrick Baxby ,
C. A. Hart  and
N. Blundell
Derrick Baxby
Affiliation:
University Department of Medical Microbiology, Duncan Building, Royal Liverpool Hospital, Liverpool L7 8XW, UK
C. A. Hart
Affiliation:
University Department of Medical Microbiology, Duncan Building, Royal Liverpool Hospital, Liverpool L7 8XW, UK
N. Blundell
Affiliation:
University Department of Medical Microbiology, Duncan Building, Royal Liverpool Hospital, Liverpool L7 8XW, UK
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Studies were made on 33 immunocompetent patients with cryptosporidiosis (31 of them children) to determine how long oocyst shedding continued after the cessation of diarrhoea. The majority (20/33) ceased to shed oocysts in the week following the cessation of diarrhoea. However 5 patients (15%) continued to shed oocysts for 2 weeks or more, and 1 patient was still shedding oocysts when lost to follow-up 3 weeks after the diarrhoea ceased.

There was considerable variation among patients, and some eliminated oocysts more efficiently and quickly than others. The sucrose flotation technique was more useful than direct smear for detecting the low numbers present at the end of the shedding period. Limited information suggested that a carrier state or relapse is probably rare.

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Research Article
Information
Journal of Hygiene , Volume 95 , Issue 3 , December 1985 , pp. 703 - 709
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1985

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