title: Pulmonary cryptosporidiosis in an immunocompetent host treated successfully with nitazoxanide.
abstract: Cryptosporidium parvum is an intracellular spore-forming protozoa which predominantly causes intestinal diseases. It causes severe and life-threatening diarrheal diseases in immunocompromised hosts and usually self-limiting disease in immunocompetent hosts. Extra-intestinal manifestations of cryptosporidium infection are very rare. Herein, we report a case of pulmonary cryptosporidiosis in a 35-yrs-old immunocompetent host, who presented with fever, cough and breathlessness which was soon followed by diarrhea and vomiting, had lung consolidation, and treated successfully with nitazoxanide.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Sardar Patel (SP) Medical College, Bikaner, Rajasthan, India.
authors.forename: Harish
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Sardar Patel (SP) Medical College, Bikaner, Rajasthan, India.
authors.forename: Veer Bahadur
authors.initials: VB
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Sardar Patel (SP) Medical College, Bikaner, Rajasthan, India.
authors.forename: Babu Lal
authors.initials: BL
authors.lastname: Meena
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Sardar Patel (SP) Medical College, Bikaner, Rajasthan, India.
authors.forename: Jatin
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Agrawal
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Sardar Patel (SP) Medical College, Bikaner, Rajasthan, India.
authors.forename: Sanjay
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Beniwal
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, Sardar Patel (SP) Medical College, Bikaner, Rajasthan, India.
authors.forename: Taruna
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Swami
keywords: Cryptosporidium; HIV; immunocompetent; nitazoxanide; oocysts