Shoaib Shaheen, Tauheed Shoaib, Hafiz Amtul
Department of Pathology, Dow Medical College, Karachi.
J Ayub Med Coll Abbottabad. 2003 Jul-Sep;15(3):3-5.
One of the important causes of childhood diarrhoea is cryptosporidium, a parasitic pathogen which is usually overlooked. This study was therefore designed to show the importance of modified acid fast stain in the diagnosis of cryptosporidium in childhood diarrhoea.
Stool samples from 300 children with prolonged diarrhoea were examined by modified acid fast staining a long with wet mounts in saline and iodine.
Out of 300 samples five (1.7%) were diagnosed as positive for cryptosporidium.
Results indicate that Cryptosporidiosis exists as a cause of diarrhoeal illness in our society. It was also noted that modified acid fast staining of stool samples is an important, non-invasive and useful diagnostic technique in identification of cryptosporidium.
儿童腹泻的重要病因之一是隐孢子虫，这是一种常被忽视的寄生性病原体。因此，本研究旨在表明改良抗酸染色在儿童腹泻隐孢子虫诊断中的重要性。
对300例长期腹泻儿童的粪便样本进行改良抗酸染色检查，并同时进行生理盐水湿片和碘染色检查。
300份样本中，有5份（1.7%）被诊断为隐孢子虫阳性。
结果表明隐孢子虫病是我们社会中腹泻疾病的一个病因。还注意到粪便样本的改良抗酸染色是鉴定隐孢子虫的一种重要、非侵入性且有用的诊断技术。
