Cryptosporidium enteritis
Wilmsmeyer, B.; Dopfer, R.; Hoppe, J.E.; Niethammer, D.
Monatsschrift Kinderheilkunde Organ der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Kinderheilkunde 141(2): 130-132
1993
ISSN/ISBN: 0026-9298 PMID: 8459814 Document Number: 415425
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.