Genotyping of Cryptosporidium Species and Their Clinical Manifestations in Patients with Renal Transplantation and Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection
Table 1
Demographic and clinical parameters of immunocompromised patients with and without infection with Cryptosporidium spp.
Patients with Cryptosporidium infection ( = 71)
Patients without Cryptosporidium infection ( = 139)
value
Age (mean, SD)
39 (13)
39 (11)
NS
Gender (male)
58/71 (81.7%)
115/139 (82.7%)
0.94
Duration of diarrhoea in days (median, IQR)
16 (3, 41)
15 (7, 60)
0.66
Diarrhoea
59/71 (83%)
84/139 (60.4%)
0.0014
Watery stool
52/71 (73%)
64/139 (46%)
0.0003
Daily stool frequency (median, IQR)
4 (3, 6)
3 (2, 4)
0.017
Fever
34/71 (48%)
65/139 (46.7%)
0.96
Cough
18/71 (26%)
41/139 (29.5%)
0.70
Nausea, vomiting
34/71 (49%)
59/139 (42.4%)
0.38
Abdominal pain
29/71 (41%)
56/139 (40.3%)
0.88
Drinking water (unfiltered)
9/41 (22%)
28/113 (25%)
0.717
(SD: Standard deviation, IQR: interquartile range and NS: not significant; Data of drinking water was available for only 41 patients with Cryptosporidium infection and 113 patients without).
