title: Chronic malabsorption due to cryptosporidiosis in a child with immunoglobulin deficiency.
abstract: A case of fatal cryptosporidiosis in a child with primary immunoglobulin deficiency is described. This is always a serious complication in immunodeficient patients because there is no known effective therapy.
mesh_terms: D000361:Agammaglobulinemia / Q000150:complications*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003048:Coccidiosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007583:Jejunum / Q000473:pathology; D008286:Malabsorption Syndromes / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male