INTESTINAL AND PULMONARY INFECTION BY Cryptosporidium parvum IN TWO PATIENTS WITH HIV/AIDS

We describe two patients with HIV/AIDS who presented pulmonary and intestinal infection caused by Cryptosporidium parvum, with a fatal outcome. The lack of available description of changes in clinical signs and radiographic characteristics of this disease when it is located in the extra-intestinal r...

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Published in:Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
Main Authors: Fábio Tadeu Rodrigues REINA, Camila Aparecida RIBEIRO, Ronalda Silva de ARAÚJO, Maria Helena MATTÉ, Roberto Esteves Pires CASTANHO, Ioshie Ibara TANAKA, Ana Maria Ferreira Sornas VIGGIANI, Luciamáre Perinetti Alves MARTINS
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo (USP) 2016
Subjects:
HIV/AIDS
Cryptosporidiosis
Pneumonia
Cryptosporidium parvum
Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine
RC955-962
Infectious and parasitic diseases
RC109-216
Arctic
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1590/S1678-9946201658021
https://doaj.org/article/0deb9fd96c6f479b82b71bf414fdaf2a
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Summary:We describe two patients with HIV/AIDS who presented pulmonary and intestinal infection caused by Cryptosporidium parvum, with a fatal outcome. The lack of available description of changes in clinical signs and radiographic characteristics of this disease when it is located in the extra-intestinal region causes low prevalence of early diagnosis and a subsequent lack of treatment.

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