Cryptosporidiosis among Renal Transplant Patients at Ahmed Gassim Hospital

Abstract

Abstract

During the period April-June 2010, 50 stool specimens have been

obtained from renal transplanted patients from renal transplanted unit in

Ahmad Gassim Hospital in Khartoum state.

The patients included in the study use different types of immune

suppressive drugs, group of paragraph with different doses, 1-10mg, 11-

20mg,and the other group cyclosporine50-75mg, 76-100mg.

The study aimed to detect cryptosporidiosis among renal transplanted

patients, the result showed that 21(42%) of patients were positive. The

study revealed that there was strong co-relation between diarrhea and

cryptosporidiosis infection. This appeared in that positive patients with

diarrhea constituted 64% of the cases.

Every stool specimen had been collected into clean, dry, tied stool

containers. These specimens were processed by formal ether

concentration technique, and then faecal smears were prepared and fixing

by using ethyl alcohol and stained with modified ZN stain. The faecal

smears were examined under light microscope using objective X100. The

results showed that 21 samples were positive and 29 were negative. This

reflects the efficacy of ZN stain detection of cryptosporidiosis infection.