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[Cryptosporidium parvum Gastroenteritis in a Patient with Renal Transplantation]

Ülfet Çetinkaya1, İsmail Dursun, Salih Kuk

  • 1Erciyes Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi, Parazitoloji Anabilim Dalı, Kayseri, Türkiye. syazar@erciyes.edu.tr.

Turkiye Parazitolojii Dergisi
|October 17, 2015
PubMed

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Cryptosporidium parvum can cause severe diarrhea in renal transplant patients, even though it

Area of Science:

  • Medical Microbiology
  • Infectious Diseases
  • Transplantation Immunology

Background:

  • Renal transplantation recipients are immunocompromised, increasing susceptibility to opportunistic infections.
  • Gastrointestinal infections are a common complication post-transplantation, impacting patient outcomes.

Observation:

  • A renal transplant patient presented with abundant watery diarrhea on post-operative day 14.
  • Stool analysis included carbol fuchsin staining, copro-ELISA, and nested PCR for pathogen identification.

Findings:

  • Diagnostic methods confirmed the presence of Cryptosporidium parvum in the patient's stool.
  • DNA sequence analysis identified the causative agent as Cryptosporidium parvum.

Implications:

  • Cryptosporidium parvum, though a rare cause of gastroenteritis, poses a significant risk to solid organ transplant recipients.
  • This case highlights the importance of considering C. parvum in the differential diagnosis of diarrhea following organ transplantation.

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