Prévalence élevée d’infection par Cryptosporidium chez des patients atteints de cancer colorectal en Tunisie

Introduction: an emerging intestinal protozoan, may be associated with this cancer pathology. Objective: in intestinal biopsies from Tunisian CRC patients. Materials and methods: species. Results: was identified in three of the five infected biopsies. This species is the most implicated in intestinal carcinogenesis. Conclusion: infection observed in Tunisian CRC patients correlates with data from similar series and would suggest a potential association between this protozoan and CRC. Further studies on more numerous and more suitable biological samples, such as stool and fresh intestinal biopsies, would enable this hypothesis to be investigated in greater depth.