Instruct patients with AIDS to avoid fecal-oral spread by wearing gloves and washing their hands after contact with human feces, such as through changing diapers. Provide appropriate counseling before and after administration of the HIV test. Outbreaks of cryptosporidiosis should be detected by vigilance at primary and public health care levels for increased case numbers. Modified acid-fast stain of stool shows red oocysts of C parvum against the blue background of coliforms and debris. Medicine is a constantly changing science and not all therapies are clearly established.
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