Prevalence of and Factors Affecting Acquisition of Intestinal Cryptosporidiosis in Malaysian Children with Malignancies at Oncology Ward, Institute of Paediatrics, Hospital Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

• Main Author: Elbeshti, Lubna Mohamed
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2011
• Subjects: Cryptosporidiosis
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/21622/1/FPSK%28m%29_2011_42R.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/21622/
• Institution: Universiti Putra Malaysia

Cryptosporidium parvum is an opportunistic parasitic agent that has a world-wide distribution. The disease caused by this parasite can be severe and very difficult to manage in immunocompromised patients especially in children with malignancies. However, data on immunocompromised children in Malaysi...