Human infection with Cryptosporidium felis: case report and literature review.
An infection with Cryptosporidium felis in an HIV-positive man from Italy was successfully treated with paromomycin, despite the patient's having a CD4+ cell count of 31/mL. Fourteen cases of human infection with C. felis have been described, all in the past 3 years, emphasizing the public health importance of Cryptosporidium parasites other than C. parvum.
Cacciò
Simone
S
Laboratory of Parasitology, Istituto Superiore di Sanitá, viale Regina Elena 299, 00161 Rome, Italy.
Pinter
Elena
E
Fantini
Rosanna
R
Mezzaroma
Ivano
I
Pozio
Edoardo
E
D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D018791:CD4 Lymphocyte Count; D003457:Cryptosporidiosis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D003458:Cryptosporidium / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000472:pathogenicity; D016054:DNA, Protozoan / Q000032:analysis / Q000737:chemistry; D005838:Genotype; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000276:immunology; D006801:Humans; D016867:Immunocompromised Host; D008297:Male; D010303:Paromomycin / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D012335:RNA, Ribosomal / Q000235:genetics
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D016054:DNA, Protozoan; D012335:RNA, Ribosomal; D010303:Paromomycin