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Greener Journal of Microbiology and Antimicrobials Vol. 4(1), pp. 7-10, 2019 ISSN: 2354-2284 Copyright ©2019, the copyright of this article is retained by the author(s) DOI Link: https://doi.org/10.15580/GJMA.2019.1.092619178 https://gjournals.org/GJMA |
A Survey of Cryptosporidiosis in Tuberculosis Smear Negative Individuals
1Muhammad S. Abdulrahman; 1Lynn Maori; 1Maikudi Haruna; 2Emmanuel Peters; 3Nuhu Mohammed; 4Grace Audu; 5Florence Sado 6Attahiru Adamu; 7Sunday Liman; 3Musa Micah; 1Sarah Silas; 8Peter Abayomi Akinloye and 3Ishaku Eli
1. Medical Microbiology Department, State Specialist Hospital Gombe, Nigeria.
2. School of Health Technology, Kaltungo, Gombe State
3. Snakebite Treatment and Research Hospital Kaltungo, Gombe State.
4. Chemical Pathology Department, State Specialist Hospital Gombe, Nigeria
5. Tuberculosis Center, Gombe State
6. General Studies Department School of Nursing and Midwifery, Gombe, Nigeria.
7. General Hospital Bogoro, Bauchi State
8. Doma Hospital Gombe, Gombe State.
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Article No.: 092619178 Type: Research DOI: 10.15580/GJMA.2019.1.092619178
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The research was aimed to detect the occurrence of respiratory Cryptosporidiosis in TB smear negative non-HIV infected individuals with symptoms of tuberculosis. A total of 193 TB smear negative and HIV negative participants were enrolled in the study, from TB lab of Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital and Infectious Disease Hospital, Kano State. Sputum samples for the study was collected in a wide mouth screw-caped and leak-proof plastic container, and they were subsequently processed after preparation of smears with Modified Ziehl-Neelsen staining technique. Of all the 193 participants, 1(0.5%) patient was found to be positive for C. parvum while the other 192(99.5%) patients was found to be negative. With respect to age of the participants, the ages were categorized in to groups, 0-10, 11-20, 21-30, 31-40, 41-50, 51-60 and 61-70. The result shows that, the sputum positive for C. parvum was detected in an age group of 21-30. There were 60 participants in the group and only one positive was detected (1.7%), while the remaining 59(99.3%) were found to be negative. Hence, the sputa from other participants in the remaining age groups were all found to be negative for C. parvum. Out of the 193 participants recruited, 80(41%) were males and 113(59%) were females. C. parvum was detected in sputum of one male participant and the distribution of respiratory cryptosporidiosis in relation to gender of the participants was determined. Of all the participants, 16(8.2%) were not educated, i.e. they did not attend school, 49(25.4%) attended only primary school, 97(50.3%) attended primary and secondary schools, and 31(16.1%) attended tertiary schools. Only one sputum positive for C. parvum was detected in a participant that attended only primary school (2%), while the remaining 48(98%) were found to be negative. The other participants from remaining educational categories were all found to be negative. Of all the participants, 169(88%) do consume fish, while the remaining 24(12%) participants do not eat fish. 1(0.6%) of the 169 was found to be sputum positive for C. parvum, while the other 168(99.4%) was found to be negative. |
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Submitted: 26/09/2019 Accepted: 29/09/2019 Published: 25/10/2019 |
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*Corresponding Author Lynn Maori E-mail: Lynnmaori09@ gmail.com |
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Keywords: Cryptosporidiosis; Tuberculosis; Smears; HIV |
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Cite this Article: Abdulrahman, MS; Maori, L; Haruna, M; Peters, E; Mohammed, N; Audu, G; Sado, F; Adamu, A; Liman, S; Micah, M; Silas, S; Akinloye, PA; Eli, I (2019). A Survey of Cryptosporidiosis in Tuberculosis Smear Negative Individuals. Greener Journal of Microbiology and Antimicrobials, 4(1): 7-10, https://doi.org/10.15580/GJMA.2019.1.092619178.
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