Life-threatening cryptosporidiosis in immunocompetent infants.
Cryptosporidium infection in immunocompetent patients has been described as a mild self-limiting diarrhoea. We describe two immunocompetent infants presented with life-threatening protracted diarrhoea. These two cases expand on the clinical spectrum of cryptosporidiosis in normal hosts.
D003457:Cryptosporidiosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D003968:Diarrhea, Infantile / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D007121:Immunocompetence; D007223:Infant; D007411:Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D008297:Male