Diarrhea associated with Cyclospora Sp. in Bangladesh

Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis. 1994 May;19(1):47-9. doi: 10.1016/0732-8893(94)90050-7.

Abstract

A spherical acid-fast organism measuring approximately 10 microns in diameter (Cyclospora sp.) has recently been implicated in diarrheal diseases in many parts of the world. We detected this organism in the stools of six Bangladeshi patients with diarrhea. Four patients had chronic diarrhea and two had acute diarrhea at the time of presentation. This is the first report of infection with this organism in the indigenous population from this region.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Animals
  • Bangladesh / epidemiology
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Coccidiosis / epidemiology
  • Coccidiosis / parasitology*
  • Diarrhea / parasitology*
  • Eucoccidiida / isolation & purification*
  • Feces / parasitology
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male