Genotyping of Cryptosporidium Species and Their Clinical Manifestations in Patients with Renal Transplantation and Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection
Table 2
Demographic and clinical parameters between patients infected with C. hominis and C. parvum.
Patients with C. hominis infection (50)
Patients with C. parvum infection (19)
value
Age (mean ± SD) in years
40 ± 13
33.6 ± 13
0.43
Gender (males)
41/50 (82%)
16/19 (84.2%)
0.8
Melting curve (mean ± SD) °C
74.8 ± 1.64°C
72.6 ± 1.76°C
NS
Ct values (mean ± SD)
30.45 ± 3.43
30.5 ± 3.3
NS
Conc. (median, IQR)
Log10 6.37 (5.65–7.12)
Log10 5.81 (4.26–6.65)
0.046
Diarrhoea
41/50 (82%)
16/19 (84%)
1.00
Duration of diarrhoea (median, IQR)
19, 1–45
16, 3–60
0.89
Number of episodes (mean, SD)
5 ± 3.7
5 ± 2.8
0.45
Fever
23/50 (46%)
10/19 (52.6%)
0.77
Nausea/vomiting
29/50 (58%)
5/19 (26%)
0.032
Abdominal pain
22/50 (44%)
7/19 (37%)
0.95
(SD: Standard deviation, IQR: interquartile range, NS: not significant and Ct: cycle threshold, Conc.: Equivalent oocyst concentration (parasite load)).
