Toxic megacolon in cryptosporidiosis.
A 33 year old man with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome developed a toxic megacolon. The patient was admitted with a two month history of diarrhoea. Cryptosporidia were isolated from all stool specimens. Clinically and radiographically he developed toxic dilatation of the colon which responded to conservative management.
Connolly
G M
GM
St. Stephen's Hospital, London, UK.
Gazzard
B G
BG
D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D000328:Adult; D003093:Colitis, Ulcerative / Q000209:etiology*; D003457:Cryptosporidiosis / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008532:Megacolon, Toxic / Q000209:etiology*