title: Resolution of intestinal cryptosporidiosis after treatment of AIDS with AZT.
abstract: Intestinal cryptosporidiosis commonly results in severe protracted diarrhea that contributes significantly toward morbidity and mortality in patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. No satisfactory therapy for cryptosporidiosis currently exists. We describe a patient with severe secretory diarrhea and malabsorption who had clinical, microbiologic, and histologic resolution of cryptosporidiosis after therapy with zidovudine.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Long Island Jewish Medical Center, New Hyde Park, New York.
authors.forename: R E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Greenberg
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Mir
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bank
authors.forename: F P
authors.initials: FP
authors.lastname: Siegal
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy*; D000328:Adult; D003457:Cryptosporidiosis / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D007411:Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D009894:Opportunistic Infections / Q000150:complications*; D015215:Zidovudine / Q000627:therapeutic use*
chemical_list: D015215:Zidovudine