One hundred seventy-one patients suffering from chronic renal diseases at Kuala Lumpur Hospital participated in a crosssectional study with purposive sampling to ascertain prevalence rates of Cryptosporidium parvum (C. parvum), Giardia
intestinalis (G. intestinalis), Blastocystis hominis (B. hominis) and Strongyloides stercoralis (S. stercoralis). The patients
were divided into 2 groups: post-transplant group (138 patients) and pre-transplant group (33 patients). In this study, the
parasite infection is linked to the aspects of race, gender, renal patient’s group and the postrenal transplantation period.
Immunofluorescence staining was performed on fecal slides for the detection of C. parvum oocysts and G. intestinalis cysts.
Sand charcoal culture technique was also used to detect the presence of S. strongyloides in fecal samples. The findings
showed that the prevalence of C. parvum, G. intestinalis dan B. hominis among post-transplant patients was 18.1%,
10.9% and 22.5%, respectively but none of the pretransplant patient was infected. Meanwhile, both patient groups were
free of S. stercoralis infection. Furthermore, there was no significant association between post-transplantation period
and pattern in prevalence of the studied parasites, however, it was noted that the prevalence rates of C. parvum and G.
intestinalis had declined after 6 months post transplantati