title: [Sclerosing cholangitis and AIDS].
abstract: Bile tract pathology in AIDS has been described as an incomplete biliary obstructive syndrome and acalculous cholecystitis. Most reported cases have been associated to bile ducts infection by Cytomegalovirus (CMV) and/or Cryptosporidium. We present a case of sclerosing cholangitis and acalculous cholecystitis in an AIDS patient in whom Cryptosporidium was identified in the cholecystectomy sample and this same agent together with Candida Albicans in bile. We highlight the need to suspect this pathology in HIV infected patients who present a bile obstruction picture and/or cholecystitis, the possible etiological role of Candida Albicans, which has not been previously described, as well as the increasing association of bile pathology and AIDS.
authors.affiliation: Unidad de Enfermedades Infecciosas, Hospital Miguel Servet, Zaragoza.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ramos
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Arazo
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Aguirre
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Alvarez
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Aísa
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Gonzalo
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Ferreria
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D000328:Adult; D002177:Candidiasis / Q000150:complications; D015209:Cholangitis, Sclerosing / Q000150:complications*; D002764:Cholecystitis / Q000150:complications; D003457:Cryptosporidiosis / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009894:Opportunistic Infections / Q000150:complications
vernacular_title: Colangitis esclerosante y SIDA.