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Cryptosporidium as a common cause of childhood diarrhoea in Italy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 May 2009

A. Caprioli ,
G. Gentile ,
L. Baldassarri ,
R. Bisicchia ,
E. Romoli  and
G. Donelli
A. Caprioli
Affiliation:
Laboratorio di Ultrastrutture, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Viale Regina Elena, 299-00161 Rome
G. Gentile
Affiliation:
Laboratorio di Ultrastrutture, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Viale Regina Elena, 299-00161 Rome
L. Baldassarri
Affiliation:
Laboratorio di Ultrastrutture, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Viale Regina Elena, 299-00161 Rome
R. Bisicchia
Affiliation:
Ospedale dei Bambini ‘Umberto I’, Via Vittorio Emanuele, 50-25100 Brescia
E. Romoli
Affiliation:
Laboratorio di Microbiologia, Ospedale Civile, Piazza Duomo, 20-05018 Orvieto (TR), Italy
G. Donelli
Affiliation:
Laboratorio di Ultrastrutture, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Viale Regina Elena, 299-00161 Rome
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Cryptosporidium oocysts were observed in the stools of 9 (7·2%) of 124 Italian children with diarrhoea, examined during the period 1 January—31 December 1984. In two children, the parasite was associated with other enteric pathogens. The duration of diarrhoea was 2–30 days, with a median of 6 days. In all cases the infection was self limiting. The mean age of the Cryptosporidium-positive children was 34 months, and all cases occurred in the warm season. Cryptosporidium was found to be the third most common enteric pathogen after rotavirus and Salmonella spp.

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Special Article
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Epidemiology & Infection , Volume 102 , Issue 3 , June 1989 , pp. 537 - 540
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1989

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