Secondary transmission of cryptosporidiosis associated with well water consumption: two case studies

Abstract: Cryptosporidiosis is a very prominent disease in the field of public health, and usually causes diarrhea. We describe two immunocompetent patients who presented with chronic diarrhea that was ultimately found to be caused by continuous exposure to well water contaminated with the microbial...

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Published in:Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
Main Authors: Natania Carol Cavalcante Rezende, Camila Loredana Pereira Alves Madeira Bezerra, Jéssica Jacinto Salviano de Almeida, Tatiane Uetti Gomes Fernandes, Kleber Giovanni Luz
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 2016
Subjects:
Cryptosporidium spp
Well water
Diarrhea
Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine
RC955-962
Arctic
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1590/0037-8682-0232-2015
https://doaj.org/article/7b6ed1152e68413f9812de1e529a1e4a
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Summary:Abstract: Cryptosporidiosis is a very prominent disease in the field of public health, and usually causes diarrhea. We describe two immunocompetent patients who presented with chronic diarrhea that was ultimately found to be caused by continuous exposure to well water contaminated with the microbial cysts (oocysts) of the Cryptosporidium spp parasite. We describe the patients' histories and possible explanations for their prolonged symptoms.

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