Intestinal cryptosporidiosis. association with Pneumocystis carinii, cytomegalovirus and Candida sp. Infections

• Published in: Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
• Main Authors: K. I. R. Coelho, S. A. Maeda, M. E. A. Marques
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Universidade de São Paulo (USP) 1987
• Subjects: Immunodeficiency; Diarrhea; Cryptosporidiosis; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Infectious and parasitic diseases; RC109-216; Arctic
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1590/S0036-46651987000500010; https://doaj.org/article/3ef1057d58c14466a5f2468f1411bb5e

This is a case report of intestinal cryptosporidiosis diagnosed in histological specimen collected from autopsy. The patient was a child of 5 months admitted to the hospital with severe acute diarrhea associated with Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia, cytomegalic sialadenitis, oral and dermal candidiasis. The presence of multiple opportunistic infections in this case indicated immunodeficiency state. Cryptosporidium sp is a possible etiology of acute diarrhea in both immunodeficient and immunocompetent patients and has to be searched for at autopsy when diagnosis was not possible "in vivo".