Pulmonary cryptosporidiosis in patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome.
Several reports have showed Cryptosporidium species as a cause of intractable diarrhea and malabsorption in patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV). A case of chronic diarrhea in a drug addict woman associated with a symptomatic interstitial pulmonary infection due to Cryptosporidium parvum is described. This unusual C. parvum spread into the bronchial tree is underlined and a survey of the literature is made.
Spallanzani Hospital, Rome, Italy.
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D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D000328:Adult; D015766:Albendazole / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000818:Animals; D000871:Anthelmintics / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001992:Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid; D003457:Cryptosporidiosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D016785:Cryptosporidium parvum / Q000302:isolation & purification; D005243:Feces / Q000469:parasitology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008174:Lung Diseases, Parasitic / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic; D013183:Sputum / Q000469:parasitology; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000150:complications
D000871:Anthelmintics; D015766:Albendazole