Stool examination for cryptosporidiosis

Cryptosporidiosis (caused by the protozoan Cryptosporidium parvum) has features of acute or chronic gastroenteritis intestines, manifested by watery diarrhea, nausea and vomiting. Longer lasting disorders lead to weight loss body. After the acute period, the infection has the characteristics of a chronic disease with recurrent diarrhea. The most severe course of the disease occurs in Children with immune deficiencies or treated with immunosuppressive agents immunosuppressants and in adults with AIDS. The diagnosis is based on the detection of oocysts (invasive forms) of Cryptosporidium in the stool in the feces.