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rdf:type |
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lifeskim:mentions |
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pubmed:issue |
3
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pubmed:dateCreated |
2005-9-29
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pubmed:abstractText |
The present study investigated the prevalence rate of Cryptosporidium parvum as a cause of diarrhea. We examined 942 stools of unidentified reasons occurring in patients in whom no immunosuppression had been detected. We examined the stools for Cryptosporidium parvum via modified acid-fast staining. The clinical records of all of the positive patients were then analyzed. Nine (1%) of the stools among the 942 diarrheal patients were positive for C. parvum. The positive rate in the males was 1.1% (6/522) and the positive rate of the females was 0.7% (3/420). Age distribution revealed that the highest positive rates were in patients in their sixties, with a positive rate of 2.5% (4/158). In the clinical tests, levels of c-reactive protein, erythrocyte sedimentation rates, and neutrophil proportions were normally increased in the peripheral blood, whereas the lymphocyte proportion exhibited a tendency towards decrease. The pathological findings were compatible with an inflammatory reaction in the host.
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pubmed:commentsCorrections |
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pubmed:language |
eng
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pubmed:journal |
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pubmed:citationSubset |
IM
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pubmed:status |
MEDLINE
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pubmed:month |
Sep
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pubmed:issn |
0023-4001
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pubmed:author |
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pubmed:issnType |
Print
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pubmed:volume |
43
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pubmed:owner |
NLM
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pubmed:authorsComplete |
Y
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pubmed:pagination |
111-4
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pubmed:dateRevised |
2009-11-18
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pubmed:meshHeading |
pubmed-meshheading:16192752-Adult,
pubmed-meshheading:16192752-Aged,
pubmed-meshheading:16192752-Animals,
pubmed-meshheading:16192752-Child, Preschool,
pubmed-meshheading:16192752-Cryptosporidiosis,
pubmed-meshheading:16192752-Cryptosporidium,
pubmed-meshheading:16192752-Cryptosporidium parvum,
pubmed-meshheading:16192752-Diarrhea,
pubmed-meshheading:16192752-Feces,
pubmed-meshheading:16192752-Female,
pubmed-meshheading:16192752-HIV Seronegativity,
pubmed-meshheading:16192752-Humans,
pubmed-meshheading:16192752-Immunocompetence,
pubmed-meshheading:16192752-Korea,
pubmed-meshheading:16192752-Lymphocyte Count,
pubmed-meshheading:16192752-Male,
pubmed-meshheading:16192752-Middle Aged,
pubmed-meshheading:16192752-Prevalence,
pubmed-meshheading:16192752-Staining and Labeling
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pubmed:year |
2005
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pubmed:articleTitle |
Prevalence of diarrhea caused by Cryptosporidium parvum in non-HIV patients in Jeollanam-do, Korea.
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pubmed:affiliation |
Department of Parasitology, Konkuk University School of Medicine, Chungju 380-701, Korea.
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pubmed:publicationType |
Journal Article,
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
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