Cryptosporidiosis in the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome: a case report.
A case of cryptosporidiosis in a male homosexual man with AIDS is reported. The clinical manifestations were anorexia, mild fever, abdominal pain and profuse watery diarrhea. The diagnosis was made in fecal smears by using a modified Ziehl-Neelsen method and a safranin-methylene blue staining technique.
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Istituto di Microbiologia Medica, Facoltà di Medicina e Chirurgia, Università di Bari.
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Altamura
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Locaputo
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Pastore
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Canestri-Trotti
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D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D003457:Cryptosporidiosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D003458:Cryptosporidium / Q000302:isolation & purification; D005243:Feces / Q000469:parasitology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male