Cryptosporidiosis. Case report in a health team worker

Epidemiological aspects of human cryptosporidiosis

“…Person-to-person transmission is now recognized to be common, thus confirming the hypothesis that cryptosporidiosis is not necessarily a zoonosis [12]. Infection is transmitted within families [53,88,[144][145][146][147][148] in day-care centres [53,144,145,[149][150][151][152], and elsewhere in an urban environment [53,59,[153][154][155][156][157][158][159]. Opportunities for the spread of enteric infections in some Western urban day-care centres may rival those in some Third-World countries [103].…”

“…Nosocomial infection. Hospital cross infection, from patients to staff, has been documented and is further evidence of person-to-person transmission, [155][156][157]. The reverse route, or patient-to-patient transmission, is clearly possible and is of considerable potential importance for immunocompromised patients.…”

Cryptosporidiosis as threatening health problem: A review

“…Infectious oocysts could be excreted with the stool for up to 5 weeks even after diarrhoeal illness ends, which means that the absence of diarrhoea does not necessarily mean that the infection had subsided [68] . Numerous nosocomial outbreaks of cryptosporidiosis have occurred among healthcare workers as well as patients in bone marrow transplant units, paediatric hospitals, and wards with HIVinfected patients [69,70] . Furthermore, elderly hospitalized patients may also be at risk for Cryptosporidium infection [71] .…”

Diagnosis of AIDS-Related Intestinal Parasites

“…Of particular relevance are several groups now thought to be at increased risk for Cryptosporidium infection: Nosocomial spread of Cryptosporidium to hospitalized patients has been noted (12,19), and immunologically healthy family members and health care workers are frequently infected after contact with a patient with cryptosporidiosis (20,21,22,23). Travellers or temporary workers in areas of high endemicity are also at increased risk (24,25,26,27,28).…”