CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS: MOLECULAR ANALYSIS, RISK FACTORS AND SEASONAL ABUNDANCE IN IMMUNOCOMPETENT AND IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENTS, KAFRELSHEIKH UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS

• DOI: 10.21608/jesp.2022.235822
• Publication Date: 2022-05-21T07:39:46Z
• Authors: MARWA GHALLAB; MOUSA ISMAIL; TAMER HAYDARA; SALWA MORSY

This study detected of the molecular Cryptosporidium species in immunocompetent and immunocompromisedadults with diarrhea attended Kafrelsheikh University Hospitals to assessrisk factors. Stool samples from 200 & immunocompromised wereexamined using acid fast (AF) stain PCR/restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP)targeting small subunit (SSU) rRNA gene. PCR amplified was 15(7.5%) immunocompetentand 23 (11.5%) immunocompromised, significance difference as age,presence mucous, abdominal pain (P<0.05). more common ruralareas autumn winter seasons. Two genotypes were C. hominis parvum, but C.hominis 60% 82.6% immunocompromised.