Preventing cryptosporidiosis

A guide for persons with compromised immune systems

August 2005     View PDF
Reprinted from www.cdc.gov, US

How is a crypto infection diagnosed?

Your health care provider will ask you to submit stool samples to see if you are infected. Because testing for Crypto can be difficult, you may be asked to submit several stool specimens over several days. Because tests for Crypto are not routinely done in most laboratories, your health care provider should specifically request testing for the parasite.