Diarrhea and gallbladder hydrops in an immunocompetent child with Cryptosporidium infection.
We report a case of an immunocompetent child who developed gallbladder hydrops during a concurrent diarrheal illness caused by Cryptosporidium parvum. Hepatobiliary disease and chronic cryptosporidial diarrhea is an accepted association in adults with HIV infection but has only once previously been reported in a child, also with HIV.
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Department of Paediatrics, Warwick Hospital, Warwick, UK. cwestrope@hotmail.com
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D000818:Animals; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003457:Cryptosporidiosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000469:parasitology; D016785:Cryptosporidium parvum / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000150:complications* / Q000469:parasitology; D004487:Edema / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D005705:Gallbladder Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D007121:Immunocompetence