Table 2.

Summary of paediatric oncology patients with diarrhoea from whose stool samples Cryptosporidium was detected

Patients	Age in yr	Gender	Primary diagnosis	Phase of treatment	Preceding hospital stay in d1	Frequency of bowel motions/d	Fever	Mucositis	Stool microscopy	ANC
Study 1
Patient 1	4.5	Male	NHL	Induction	15	16	Present	Present	11-20 pus cells per HPF	150
Patient 2	3.5	Male	ALL	Maintenance	0	6-9	Present	Absent	> 50 pus cells per HPF	20
Patient 3	6	Male	ALL	Maintenance	0	3	Present	Absent	> 10 per HPF	180
Study 2
Patient 1	4	Male	RMS	Induction	7	> 10	Absent	Absent	Normal	790
Patient 2	5	Female	PNET	Induction	0	6-9	Present	Present	Pus cells	20
Patient 3	2.5	Male	ALL	Induction	22	6-9	Present	Absent	Normal	40

¹Days in hospital prior to the onset of diarrhoea. ALL: Acute lymphoblastic leukaemia; ANC: Absolute neutrophil count per µL; HPF: High power field; NHL: Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma; PNET: Primitive neuroectodermal tumour; RMS: Rhabdomyosarcoma.