Pulmonary cryptosporidiosis in patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome

Pellicelli, A.M.; Palmieri, F.; Spinazzola, F.; D'Ambrosio, C.; Causo, T.; De Mori, P.; Bordi, E.; D'Amato, C.

Minerva Medica 89(5): 173-175

1998


ISSN/ISBN: 0026-4806
PMID: 9676183
Document Number: 497625
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.

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