Cryptosporidiosis in immunocompromised children

dc.contributor.authorMenon, B.S
dc.contributor.authorSingh, Balbir
dc.date.accessioned2018-10-24T07:17:17Z
dc.date.available2018-10-24T07:17:17Z
dc.date.issued1999
dc.description.abstractln this prospective study, we examined stool specimens from children with cancer on chemotherapy who were adntitted for fever to the Universiti Sains Malaysia Hospital in Kota Baru, Kelantan. Stool specimens were examined for ova and cysts of parasites.Over a period of 15 months, there were 129 febrile episodes in 50 children with cancer and 237 stool specimens were examined. Sixty-six per cent of febrile episodes were associated with neutropenia and 9% were associated with diarrhoea. Stool parasites were found in 42% of children. The most common were helminths, followed by protozoa. Trichuristrichuri was the most common parasite (24%), followed by Ascaris lwnbricoides (22%). Hookworm was found in 2%. Giardia Iamblia was found in 6% of children, Blastocystis hominis in 4% and Cryptosporidium parvum in 2%.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/6865
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherKampus Kesihatan, Universiti Sains Malaysiaen_US
dc.subjectStool parasitesen_US
dc.titleCryptosporidiosis in immunocompromised childrenen_US
dc.typeWorking Paperen_US
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