[Cryptosporidium enteritis].
Cryptosporidium has been found to be a common cause of gastroenteritis during the last years. The natural course of the disease in immunocompromised patients is often met by serious complications. A general therapy recommendation has not been reported so far. We report of a two-year-old boy, who was immunocompromised by a multidrug cytostatic chemotherapy. The patient suffered from a long lasting most severe gastroenteritis, caused by cryptosporidium. There was a good clinical response to spiramycin, a treatment suggested in the literature.
Wilmsmeyer
B
B
Universitäts-Kinderklinik Tübingen.
Dopfer
R
R
Hoppe
J E
JE
Niethammer
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D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects; D003457:Cryptosporidiosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D003968:Diarrhea, Infantile / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy*; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D005243:Feces / Q000469:parasitology; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D009447:Neuroblastoma / Q000188:drug therapy; D009894:Opportunistic Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy*; D015572:Spiramycin / Q000627:therapeutic use*
D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D015572:Spiramycin