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CryptosporidiosisTraveler's Diarrhea in Two Families
Rosemary Soave, MD;
Pearl Ma, PhD
Arch Intern Med. 1985;145(1):70-72.
Abstract
• Intestinal cryptosporidiosis was diagnosed in three infants (aged 6 to 21 months), one child (aged 3 years), and two adult members of two families after their return from travel to the African continent. Examination of stools from all patients revealed acid-fast cryptosporidial oocysts on direct fecal smears stained by the modified cold Kinyoun technique. Five of the six were symptomatic with watery diarrhea, anorexia, and abdominal pain. Elevated anticryptosporidial titers were detected in five patients, two of whom were asymptomatic. Cryptosporidiosis should be included in the differential diagnosis of traveler's diarrhea.
(Arch Intern Med 1985;145:70-72)
Author Affiliations
From The New York Hospital—Cornell Medical Center and St Vincent's Hospital and Medical Center, New York City. Dr Soave is a fellow of the Leopold Schepp Foundation.
Footnotes
Accepted for publication May 30, 1984.
Reprint requests to Division of Infectious Diseases, The New York Hospital—Cornell Medical Center, 525 E 68th St, New York, NY 10021 (Dr Soave).
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