Nwabuisi C
Department of Medical Microbiology & Parasitology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Ilorin, Nigeria.
West Afr J Med. 2001 Apr-Jun;20(2):165-8.
The faecal samples of one-hundred and ninety eight children aged 0-14 years with diarrhoea or loose watery stools attending the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital (U.I.T.H) over a period of 18 months were examined for Cryptosporidium and other intestinal parasites, using a light microscope for direct smear and after concentration for formol-either method and staining with safranin-methylene blue technique. Thirty (15.1%) samples were positive for Crptospo-ridium oocyst while seventy (35.3%) were positive for regular intestinal parasites. The male-female ratio for positive cases for the two groups of entric pathogens were 1.3:1 and 3:2 respectively. Concomitant oocyst secretion occurred with other intestinal parasites except for hookworm. Also, the usual intestinal parasites were found more commonly in diarrhoea stools than in control stools where no oocyst was detected. 86.7% oocyst secretion occurred in the 0-2 years age group, but oocysts were not encountered after the age of 4 years. There was a positive correlation between Cryptosporidiosis and other intestinal parasitic agents of diarrhoea (P<0.01). The health implications of these findings are fully discussed.
在18个月的时间里，对198名年龄在0至14岁、因腹泻或水样便到伊洛林大学教学医院（U.I.T.H）就诊的儿童的粪便样本进行了检查，以检测隐孢子虫和其他肠道寄生虫。使用光学显微镜进行直接涂片检查，并采用甲醛-乙醚浓缩法和番红-亚甲蓝染色技术进行染色。30份（15.1%）样本隐孢子虫卵囊呈阳性，70份（35.3%）样本常见肠道寄生虫呈阳性。两组肠道病原体阳性病例的男女比例分别为1.3:1和3:2。除钩虫外，其他肠道寄生虫感染时也会伴随卵囊排出。此外，在腹泻粪便中发现常见肠道寄生虫的情况比在未检测到卵囊的对照粪便中更为常见。86.7%的卵囊排出来自0至2岁年龄组，但4岁以后未发现卵囊。隐孢子虫病与其他腹泻性肠道寄生虫病原体之间存在正相关（P<0.01）。本文充分讨论了这些研究结果对健康的影响。
