Extended Outbreak of Cryptosporidiosis in a Pediatric Hospital, China

Abstract

Four Cryptosporidium spp. and 6 C. hominis subtypes were isolated from 102 of 6,284 patients in 3 pediatric hospitals in People’s Republic of China. A cryptosporidiosis outbreak was identified retrospectively. The outbreak lasted >1 year and affected 51.4% of patients in 1 hospital ward, where 2 C. hominis subtypes with different virulence were found.

Keywords

• Cryptosporidium
• cryptosporidiosis
• parasite
• diarrhea
• hospital-associated infection
• outbreak