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Health sequelae of human cryptosporidiosis—a 12-month prospective follow-up study
B. L. Carter,
R. E. Stiff,
K. Elwin,
H. A. Hutchings,
B. W. Mason,
A. P. Davies,
R. M. Chalmers,
Hayley Hutchings 
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Angharad Davies
,
Angharad Davies
European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases
Swansea University Authors:
Hayley Hutchings , Angharad Davies
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DOI (Published version): 10.1007/s10096-019-03603-1
Abstract
A prospective cohort study of all patients with laboratory-confirmed, genotyped cryptosporidiosis in Wales, aged 6 months -45 years of age was carried out over a two year period. 205/515 cases participated, a 40% response rate. At 12 months, bewteen a fifth and a third of cases reported persistent a...
| Published in: | European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases |
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| ISSN: | 0934-9723 1435-4373 |
| Published: |
2019
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| URI: | https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa50656 |
| Abstract: |
A prospective cohort study of all patients with laboratory-confirmed, genotyped cryptosporidiosis in Wales, aged 6 months -45 years of age was carried out over a two year period. 205/515 cases participated, a 40% response rate. At 12 months, bewteen a fifth and a third of cases reported persistent abdominal pain and diarrhea, joint pain and/or fatigue. The number reporting symptoms after C. hominis infection was statistically significantly greater compared with C. parvum. Post-infectious gastrointestinal dysfunction were common after cryptosporidiosis and around 10% of people merited a formal diagnosis of IBS following cryptosporidiosis. |
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| Keywords: |
cryptosporidiosis, sequelae, Cryptosporidium hominis, Cryptosporidium parvum, irritable bowel syndrome |
| College: |
Faculty of Medicine, Health and Life Sciences |