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Cryptosporidiosis, a zoonosis caused by Cryptosporidium species is a newly recognized coccidial protozoan infection causing diarrhoea in humans. Using a modified acid fast technique, the International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (ICDDR,B) has been screening a 4% sample of diarrhoea patients attending the ICDDR,B diarrhoea treatment center for Cryptosporidium in their stools as a part of an ongoing surveillance program. Positive specimens were confirmed by the standard Giemsa method. Cryptosporidia were identified predominantly in young children and were associated with watery diarrhoea, vomiting, cough and mild to moderate dehydration. The protozoan had a seasonal pattern with an increase in the hot, humid weather. We conclude that Cryptosporidium infection is relatively common in children in Bangladesh and may be responsible for a significant proportion of diarrhoea in this area.
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PMID:Cryptosporidium as a pathogen for diarrhoea in Bangladesh. 343 42

An 8-year-old, male domestic shorthair cat was referred to the Matthew J. Ryan Veterinary Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania with a 3-day history of lethargy, inappetance, hyperemic skin nodules, coughing, and vomiting. Laboratory results included nonregenerative anemia, lymphopenia, thrombocytopenia, hypoalbuminemia, hyponatremia, and increased alanine aminotransferase and aspartate aminotransferase activities. Cytology of the skin nodules revealed many spindle- to crescent-shaped protozoal organisms, with morphology consistent with Toxoplasma gondii or Neospora caninum. Gross necropsy, histopathologic, immunohistochemical, and transmission electron microscopic findings confirmed a systemic protozoal infection; however, the organism exhibited characteristics of both N caninum and T gondii. Diagnosis of a T gondii-like infection was based on internal structures of the organism and positive reaction to rabbit polyclonal antibodies to T gondii. Reports of toxoplasmic dermatitis are rare in the cat and dog, and this is the first reported diagnosis of T gondii-like protozoa in skin aspirates.
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PMID:Toxoplasma gondii-like organisms in skin aspirates from a cat with disseminated protozoal infection. 1590 69

Pulmonary protozoal infections are rare. A 28-year-old woman was admitted to hospital with chief complains of cough, sputum, and dyspnea. The clinical laboratory tests for blood revealed an increased eosinophil percentage of 31.3% and significantly elevated total IgE. The chest computed tomography scan revealed that bilateral bronchial walls were thickening, accompanied with patchy spots scattered throughout bilateral lungs. A suspected multiflagellated protozoan was observed under a light microscope. But some different features were observed by electron microscopy, such as the orientation of flagella and nucleus. Besides, both bronchoalveolar lavage fluid and bronchoscopic brush smears underwent Gram staining and Pap staining, which revealed that numerous respiratory ciliated cells were scattered or accumulated in the sample. Finally, she was diagnosed with eosinophil pneumonia. Metronidazole, bronchodilators, and mucolytics were taken for 5 d and symptoms and pulmonary ventilation function improved. We herein report a case of chronic eosinophilic pneumonia, which was misdiagnosed as multiflagellated protozoan infection, and it is suggested that reliable diagnosis approaches are necessary, rather than clinical symptoms and morphological features.
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PMID:Authenticity of pulmonary Lophomonas blattarum infection: A case report. 3063 58