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KMID : 0816119990020010085
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Korean Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterolology and Nutrition
1999 Volume.2 No. 1 p.85 ~ p.92
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Two Cases of Cryptosporidiosis in Children Confirmed by Electron Microscopy
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Chung Ju-Young
Lee Soon-Hyung
Chi Je-Geun
Seo Jeong-Kee
Ko Jae-Sung
Bae Sun-Hwan
Chai Jong-Yil
Cho Hui-Seung
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Abstract
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Cryptosporidiosis is an intestinal disease caused by the protozoan Cryptosporidium
parvum. The most common manifestation in human is enteric symptoms, which in
immunocompetent hosts are self-limiting but can be life threatening in
immunocompromised hosts, characterized by profuse watery diarrhea, abdominal pain,
severe weight loss. It’s prevalence rate in immunocompetent host is variable by
geographic locations (3∼11%) but up to 15∼40% in AIDS patients. Now it is considered
as one of the important enteropathogens causing diarrhea not only in
immunocompromised but also in immunocompetent hosts, especially in children. We
experienced two cases of cryptosporidiosis in a 15 year old boy who was admitted due
to diarrhea , abdominal pain and fever and in a 8 year old boy who was admitted due
to watery diarrhea and vomiting. These are the first clinical cases of cryptosporidiosis
confirmed by electron microscopy of the colonic mucosa among immunocompetent
children in Korea.
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KEYWORD
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Cryptosporidiosis, Children,
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