B. Mengesha, CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS AMONG MEDICAL PATIENTS WITH THE ACQUIRED-IMMUNODEFICIENCY-SYNDROME IN TIKUR-ANBESSA-TEACHING-HOSPITAL, ETHIOPIA, East African medical journal, 71(6), 1994, pp. 376-378
Fresh stool specimens, collected at random from 63 medical in-patients
with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), were studied prospect
ively for Cryptosporidium oocyst. The diagnosis of AIDS was made accor
ding to the clinical case definition of the Bangui criteria, These pat
ients presented with profuse watery diarrhoea, significant weight loss
and other associated symptoms and signs of clinical manifestations of
symptomatic human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection, Using the m
odified Kinyoun acid fast staining technique, 25(39.7%) of the stool s
pecimens were positive for Cryptosporidium oocyst. This study showed t
hat the protozoan. Cryptosporidium parvum, may be responsible for a si
gnificant proportion of cases of chronic diarrhoea among AIDS patients
in Ethiopia.