Cryptosporidium spp. and Giardia intestinalis have been found in swimming pool filter backwash during outbreaks. To determine baseline prevalence, we sampled pools not associated with outbreaks and found that of 160 sampled pools, 13 (8.1%) were positive for 1 or both parasites; 10 (6.2%) for Giardia sp., 2 (1.2%) for Cryptosporidium spp., and 1 (0.6%) for both.

The importance of subtype analysis of Cryptosporidium spp. in epidemiological investigations of human cryptosporidiosis in Iran and other Mideast countries Ehsan Nazemalhosseini-Mojarad, Yaoyu Feng, Lihua Xiao 1 Research Institute for Gastroenterology and Liver Diseases, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran 2 School of Resource and Environmental Engineering, East China U...

A total of 450 stool samples were collected from inpatient and outpatient clinics of Pediatric Department, Minia University Hospital, Minia District, Egypt. Two groups of patients were studied, including 200 immunosuppressed and 250 immunocompetent children. Stool samples were subjected to wet saline and iodine mounts. A concentration technique (formol-ether sedimentation method) was carried ou...

Background: The aim of the study was to frequency female genital tract infection using cartridge based nucleic acid amplification test (CBNAAT), sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, negative value and diagnostic accuracy CBNAAT.Methods: This prospective observational conducted among 100 patients as per inclusion criteria with in Swami Vivekanand Subharti University, Meerut over ...

1. The fast green stain of Alfert and Geschwind for nuclear basic protein is shown to obey the Beer-Lambert laws when used on purified histone. Interference from acid substances other than nucleic acids as a possible source of error is indicated. 2. Use of this technique after a modified Feulgen stain enables determination of relative amounts of desoxyribonucleic acid and histone in the same in...

Pseudoclavibacter has rarely been documented as an etiologic agent of infection in humans. We presented the first case report of Pseudoclavibacter otitis media in a boy with pulmonary and spinal tuberculosis.A 3-year-old boy was referred to our hospital due to prolonged fever and progressive paraplegia for 3 months. He had yellowish discharge from both ear canals. The pleural fluid culture was ...