Volume 3, Number 1—March 1997
Synopsis
Cryptosporidiosis: An Emerging, Highly Infectious Threat
Table 2
Symptoms of 205 patients with confirmed cases of cryptosporidiosis during the Milwaukee outbreaka
| Symptom | Percent(%) |
|---|---|
| Watery diarrhea | 93 |
| mean=12d; med=9d (1-55d) | |
| mean=19/d; med=12/d (1-90) | |
| 39% recurred after 2d free | |
| Abdominal cramps | 84 |
| Weight loss | 75 |
| (med=10lb, 1-40lb) | |
| Fever | 57 |
| (med=38.3°, 37.2°-40.5°) | |
| Vomiting | 48 |
aData from reference (21)
