Baxby D, Hart C A
J Hyg (Lond). 1986 Feb;96(1):107-11. doi: 10.1017/s0022172400062598.
A two-year prospective survey of patients with diarrhoea at a children's hospital detected 65 cases of cryptosporidiosis; 56 were index cases representing 1.4% of patients examined. There was a marked seasonal variation with fewer index cases in July-September (0.4-0.6%) than February-April (3-5%). All four adult cases were contacts of infected children and 21 (32%) of the patients were 12 months old or younger. Cryptosporidium was the fourth commonest diagnosed cause of gastroenteritis, the second most common non-viral cause, was responsible for 7.2% of all cases, and 14.7% of non-viral cases where a cause was identified. As such it should be sought routinely in cases of gastroenteritis in children.
一家儿童医院对腹泻患儿进行了为期两年的前瞻性调查，共检测出65例隐孢子虫病；其中56例为首例病例，占受检患者的1.4%。发病有明显的季节性差异，7月至9月的首例病例（0.4 - 0.6%）少于2月至4月（3 - 5%）。所有4例成人病例均为受感染儿童的接触者，21例（32%）患者年龄在12个月及以下。隐孢子虫是诊断出的第四大常见肠胃炎病因，是第二大常见非病毒病因，占所有病例的7.2%，在已查明病因的非病毒病例中占14.7%。因此，在儿童肠胃炎病例中应常规检查是否感染隐孢子虫。
