title: Cryptosporidiosis in children seen at the children's clinic of Yekatit 12 Hospital, Addis Ababa.
abstract: The stools of 214 children under five years of age with diarrhoea were examined for Cryptosporidium oocysts using the Modified Ziehl Nelson Technique. Twelve (5.6%) of the children had Cryptosporidium oocysts in their faeces. All of these were above 6 months of age and were either partially or fully weaned. There were 15 exclusively breast fed children of whom 11 were less than 6 months of age. None of these cases had the evidence of Cryptosporidial infection. The present study indicates the importance of Cryptosporidium as a possible etiologic agent in patients with diarrhoeal diseases. However, a comprehensive investigation is needed in order to rule out other enteropathogens.
authors.affiliation: Ethiopian Health and Nutrition Institute, Addis, Ababa, Ethiopia.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Assefa
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Mohammed
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Abebe
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Abebe
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Tafesse
mesh_terms: D001942:Breast Feeding; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003457:Cryptosporidiosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000469:parasitology; D003968:Diarrhea, Infantile / Q000469:parasitology*; D005002:Ethiopia; D005243:Feces / Q000469:parasitology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D010044:Outpatient Clinics, Hospital; D014504:Urban Health