title: Toxic megacolon in cryptosporidiosis.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: St. Stephen's Hospital, London, UK.
authors.forename: G M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Connolly
authors.forename: B G
authors.initials: BG
authors.lastname: Gazzard
mesh_terms: 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*