BACKGROUND Cyclospora species are rare among other Coccidia parasites and can cause recurrent gastroenteritis. Cyclospora spp. can infect reptiles, insects, rodents, and mammals. OBJECTIVES The present study aimed to determine the epidemiology of Cyclospora spp. in Malatya province and its neighboring provinces. PATIENTS AND METHODS Totally, 2281 stool samples taken from patients with diges...

Between the March and May of 2000, stool specimens were collected from children aged <5 in six pre-school crèches and clinics in the Jeddah area of Saudi Arabia. Sixty-three (25%) of the children had diarrhoeal disease but the other 190 were asymptomatic. When the stool samples were stained and examined for the oocysts of Cryptosporidium spp. and other enteric protozoa, 20 (32%) of the symptoma...

The Nebraska Medical Center (TNMC) was conducting an Institutional Review Board 8 approved research study utilizing the BioFire FilmArray Gastrointestinal Panel (BioFire 9 Diagnostics, Salt Lake City, UT) when an outbreak of cyclosporiasis occurred in Iowa and 10 Nebraska (1). The FilmArray GI Panel is a culture-independent molecular test that 11 simultaneously detects 14 bacterial, 5 viral, an...

During June-July 2004, public health officials in Pennsylvania were notified of cases of the parasitic disease cyclosporiasis among persons associated with a residential facility (e.g., residents, staff, and volunteers). CDC confirmed the diagnosis of Cyclospora cayetanensis infection by examining stool specimens from multiple patients. By early July, local public health officials had been noti...

Cryptosporidium spp. and Cyclospora cayetanensis have emerged as important causes of epidemic and endemic diarrhea in immunocompetent and immunocompromised hosts. The exact modes of transmission in certain rural areas are still unclear. Reports of water-borne and food-borne outbreaks suggest that fecally contaminated water or food acts as a vehicle of transmission. Two hundred stool samples of ...

results the stool samples were examined via direct microscopic examination and acid-fast staining. positivity was determined in 129 (5.7%) cases. in the overall assessment of the patients with respect to general body itching, rectal itching, allergy, immunosuppression plus cancer, shortness of breath, ulcerative colitis, diarrhea, abdominal pain, salivation, constipation, nausea, vomiting, grow...

We undertook a study to evaluate Streck tissue fixative (STF) as a substitute for formalin and polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) in fecal preservation. A comparison of formalin, PVA, (mercuric chloride based), and STF was done by aliquoting fecal samples into each fixative. Stool specimens were collected in Haiti, and parasites included Cyclospora cayetanensis, Giardia intestinalis, Entamoeba coli, Iodam...