Cargando…
Prevalence and risk factors associated with cryptosporidiosis among children within the ages 0–5 years attending the Limbe regional hospital, southwest region, Cameroon
BACKGROUND: Cryptosporidiosis is a pathological condition caused by infection with coccidian protozoan parasites Cryptosporidium. Cryptosporidium is one of the most common causes of childhood diarrhea in developing countries. So far, no data has been published on its prevalence among children with d...
Autores principales: | , , , , , , , |
---|---|
Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
Publicado: |
BioMed Central
2019
|
Materias: | |
Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6700837/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31429732 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-019-7484-8 |
_version_ | 1783444942837776384 |
---|---|
author | Tombang, Atsimbom Neville Ambe, Ngwa Fabrice Bobga, Tanyi Pride Nkfusai, Claude Ngwayu Collins, Ngandeu Mongoue Ngwa, Sangwe Bertrand Diengou, Ngwene Hycentha Cumber, Samuel Nambile |
author_facet | Tombang, Atsimbom Neville Ambe, Ngwa Fabrice Bobga, Tanyi Pride Nkfusai, Claude Ngwayu Collins, Ngandeu Mongoue Ngwa, Sangwe Bertrand Diengou, Ngwene Hycentha Cumber, Samuel Nambile |
author_sort | Tombang, Atsimbom Neville |
collection | PubMed |
description | BACKGROUND: Cryptosporidiosis is a pathological condition caused by infection with coccidian protozoan parasites Cryptosporidium. Cryptosporidium is one of the most common causes of childhood diarrhea in developing countries. So far, no data has been published on its prevalence among children with diarrhea in Cameroon. This study was therefore, designed to assess the prevalence and risk factors associated with Cryptosporidiosis among children within the ages 0–5 years suffering from diarrhea and being attended to at the Limbe Regional Hospital. METHODS: The study was a hospital based analytical cross-sectional study involving children within the ages 0–5 years (n = 112) hospitalized or consulted in the pediatric departments of the hospital between April 2018 and May 2018. Stool specimens were processed using the modified acid-fast staining method, and microscopically examined for Cryptosporidium infection. RESULTS: A total of 112 participants were recruited out of which 67 presented with diarrhea. A high prevalence 9/67 (13.40%) of Cryptosporidium was noticed in children with diarrhea than children without diarrhea 1/45 (2.2%). There was a significant relationship (p = 0.041) between prevalence of Cryptosporidium and the presence of diarrhea in children within the ages 0–5 years in the Limbe Regional Hospital. It was realized that children from parents with primary level of education, children whose parents did not respect exclusive breastfeeding and those whose parents were giving them pipe borne water for drinking recorded a higher prevalence. CONCLUSIONS: This study revealed an overall prevalence of 8.9% for Cryptosporidium among children of ages 0–5 years that attended the Limbe Regional Hospital. The prevalence among children that presented with diarrhea was 13.4%. The study clearly demonstrated that Cryptosporidium is an important protozoal etiologic agent for children with diarrhea in Limbe. ELECTRONIC SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL: The online version of this article (10.1186/s12889-019-7484-8) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users. |
format | Online Article Text |
id | pubmed-6700837 |
institution | National Center for Biotechnology Information |
language | English |
publishDate | 2019 |
publisher | BioMed Central |
record_format | MEDLINE/PubMed |
spelling | pubmed-67008372019-08-26 Prevalence and risk factors associated with cryptosporidiosis among children within the ages 0–5 years attending the Limbe regional hospital, southwest region, Cameroon Tombang, Atsimbom Neville Ambe, Ngwa Fabrice Bobga, Tanyi Pride Nkfusai, Claude Ngwayu Collins, Ngandeu Mongoue Ngwa, Sangwe Bertrand Diengou, Ngwene Hycentha Cumber, Samuel Nambile BMC Public Health Research Article BACKGROUND: Cryptosporidiosis is a pathological condition caused by infection with coccidian protozoan parasites Cryptosporidium. Cryptosporidium is one of the most common causes of childhood diarrhea in developing countries. So far, no data has been published on its prevalence among children with diarrhea in Cameroon. This study was therefore, designed to assess the prevalence and risk factors associated with Cryptosporidiosis among children within the ages 0–5 years suffering from diarrhea and being attended to at the Limbe Regional Hospital. METHODS: The study was a hospital based analytical cross-sectional study involving children within the ages 0–5 years (n = 112) hospitalized or consulted in the pediatric departments of the hospital between April 2018 and May 2018. Stool specimens were processed using the modified acid-fast staining method, and microscopically examined for Cryptosporidium infection. RESULTS: A total of 112 participants were recruited out of which 67 presented with diarrhea. A high prevalence 9/67 (13.40%) of Cryptosporidium was noticed in children with diarrhea than children without diarrhea 1/45 (2.2%). There was a significant relationship (p = 0.041) between prevalence of Cryptosporidium and the presence of diarrhea in children within the ages 0–5 years in the Limbe Regional Hospital. It was realized that children from parents with primary level of education, children whose parents did not respect exclusive breastfeeding and those whose parents were giving them pipe borne water for drinking recorded a higher prevalence. CONCLUSIONS: This study revealed an overall prevalence of 8.9% for Cryptosporidium among children of ages 0–5 years that attended the Limbe Regional Hospital. The prevalence among children that presented with diarrhea was 13.4%. The study clearly demonstrated that Cryptosporidium is an important protozoal etiologic agent for children with diarrhea in Limbe. ELECTRONIC SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL: The online version of this article (10.1186/s12889-019-7484-8) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users. BioMed Central 2019-08-20 /pmc/articles/PMC6700837/ /pubmed/31429732 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-019-7484-8 Text en © The Author(s). 2019 Open AccessThis article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Tombang, Atsimbom Neville Ambe, Ngwa Fabrice Bobga, Tanyi Pride Nkfusai, Claude Ngwayu Collins, Ngandeu Mongoue Ngwa, Sangwe Bertrand Diengou, Ngwene Hycentha Cumber, Samuel Nambile Prevalence and risk factors associated with cryptosporidiosis among children within the ages 0–5 years attending the Limbe regional hospital, southwest region, Cameroon |
title | Prevalence and risk factors associated with cryptosporidiosis among children within the ages 0–5 years attending the Limbe regional hospital, southwest region, Cameroon |
title_full | Prevalence and risk factors associated with cryptosporidiosis among children within the ages 0–5 years attending the Limbe regional hospital, southwest region, Cameroon |
title_fullStr | Prevalence and risk factors associated with cryptosporidiosis among children within the ages 0–5 years attending the Limbe regional hospital, southwest region, Cameroon |
title_full_unstemmed | Prevalence and risk factors associated with cryptosporidiosis among children within the ages 0–5 years attending the Limbe regional hospital, southwest region, Cameroon |
title_short | Prevalence and risk factors associated with cryptosporidiosis among children within the ages 0–5 years attending the Limbe regional hospital, southwest region, Cameroon |
title_sort | prevalence and risk factors associated with cryptosporidiosis among children within the ages 0–5 years attending the limbe regional hospital, southwest region, cameroon |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6700837/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31429732 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-019-7484-8 |
work_keys_str_mv | AT tombangatsimbomneville prevalenceandriskfactorsassociatedwithcryptosporidiosisamongchildrenwithintheages05yearsattendingthelimberegionalhospitalsouthwestregioncameroon AT ambengwafabrice prevalenceandriskfactorsassociatedwithcryptosporidiosisamongchildrenwithintheages05yearsattendingthelimberegionalhospitalsouthwestregioncameroon AT bobgatanyipride prevalenceandriskfactorsassociatedwithcryptosporidiosisamongchildrenwithintheages05yearsattendingthelimberegionalhospitalsouthwestregioncameroon AT nkfusaiclaudengwayu prevalenceandriskfactorsassociatedwithcryptosporidiosisamongchildrenwithintheages05yearsattendingthelimberegionalhospitalsouthwestregioncameroon AT collinsngandeumongoue prevalenceandriskfactorsassociatedwithcryptosporidiosisamongchildrenwithintheages05yearsattendingthelimberegionalhospitalsouthwestregioncameroon AT ngwasangwebertrand prevalenceandriskfactorsassociatedwithcryptosporidiosisamongchildrenwithintheages05yearsattendingthelimberegionalhospitalsouthwestregioncameroon AT diengoungwenehycentha prevalenceandriskfactorsassociatedwithcryptosporidiosisamongchildrenwithintheages05yearsattendingthelimberegionalhospitalsouthwestregioncameroon AT cumbersamuelnambile prevalenceandriskfactorsassociatedwithcryptosporidiosisamongchildrenwithintheages05yearsattendingthelimberegionalhospitalsouthwestregioncameroon |