title: [Acalculous acute cholecystitis caused by Cryptosporidium in a patient with AIDS].
abstract: We report a patient with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome who developed acute cholecystitis. Removal of the gallbladder revealed infection by Cryptosporidium spp. The clinical course after cholecystectomy was favourable. The pathogenesis and therapy of this complication in patients with AIDS is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Medicina Interna, Hospital Clínico de la P Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Labarca
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Tagle
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Acuña
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Oddó
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Pérez
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Guzmán
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D000208:Acute Disease; D002764:Cholecystitis / Q000150:complications / Q000469:parasitology*; D003457:Cryptosporidiosis / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged
vernacular_title: Colecistitis aguda alitiásica por Cryptosporidium en un paciente con SIDA.