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Cryptosporidium (Reference #9)
as well as ICD coding to track this disease as both are narrowly defined
parameters.
NOTE: Microsporidiosis is a similar disease, but we do not currently
wash to follow this disease process and Microsporidian etiologies
should not be entered.
The parasite Cryptosporidium parvum is a cause of water-borne diarrheal
disease. It has gained recent prominence after evaluation of the outbreak
in the greater Milwaukee area in 1993 which is estimated to have affected
<400,000 persons. In addition to affecting HIV-infected persons and young
children, information exists which demonstrates that the chronically-ill,
elderly are also a higher risk group than the general population. We will
utilize both microbiology laboratory data (parasitology for most laboratories),
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