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To the Editor: We wish to elaborate on the risks and prevention of nosocomial cryptosporidiosis, briefly discussed in the review of cryptosporidiosis by Chen and colleagues (May 30 issue).¹ Multiple nosocomial outbreaks of cryptosporidiosis have resulted from direct and indirect person-to-person transmission; one outbreak was due to spread of the parasite from an ice chest contaminated by a patient.² Cryptosporidiosis in adults should be managed with the use of standard precautions; in incontinent or diapered children less than six years of age, it should be managed with contact precautions. This recommendation of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention was . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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