Cryptosporidiosis among Hemodialysis Patients in Jordan: First Preliminary Screening Surveillance
| Autor: | Maysa M. Al-Sheyab, Nawal Hijjawi, Amal M. Hatamleh, Khaled N. Hamadeneh, AbdelRahman Zueter |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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0301 basic medicine
Abdominal pain medicine.medical_specialty Nausea medicine.medical_treatment 030231 tropical medicine lcsh:Medicine Article 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Bloating Weight loss Internal medicine parasitic diseases medicine acid-fast stain hemodialysis Jordan General Immunology and Microbiology biology business.industry cryptosporidiosis Incidence (epidemiology) lcsh:R Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Cryptosporidium 030108 mycology & parasitology biology.organism_classification Diarrhea Infectious Diseases Hemodialysis medicine.symptom business |
| Zdroj: | Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, Vol 4, Iss 4, p 131 (2019) Volume 4 Issue 4 |
| ISSN: | 2414-6366 |
| Popis: | Few studies have reported the incidence of cryptosporidiosis among hemodialysis patients worldwide. Currently many molecular and immunological assays have been developed for the sensitive diagnosis of cryptosporidiosis, but still, the microscopic detection of the parasitic infective stage (oocysts) in stool specimens using modified acid stain is regarded as a reliable sensitive technique which is widely used in many clinical labs. In the present study, a total of 133 stool samples were collected from hemodialysis patients and were screened for Cryptosporidium oocyst using formalin-ether concentration and modified acid-fast staining technique. Clinical and demographic data were also collected and analyzed. Cryptosporidium oocysts were recovered in 15/133 (11%) of the investigated hemodialysis patients. The age of patients ranged from 25 to 80 years (mean: 57.84 ± 12.22). Most of the Cryptosporidium-positive cases were recovered from males (73.7%) residing in rural villages in Irbid city (86.6%). The most repeatedly reported symptoms in the Cryptosporidium-positive patients were gastrointestinal symptoms, including diarrhea (15%), nausea (24%), abdominal pain (23%) and bloating (17%), in addition to general fatigue (32%) and weight loss (19%). No statistically significant associations for certain clinical symptoms or risk factors were found. The present study is the first preliminary study in Jordan that provided a brief screening for the incidence of cryptosporidiosis among hemodialysis patients. |
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