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

Rev Inst Med Trop Sao Paulo. 2016:58:21. doi: 10.1590/S1678-9946201658021. Epub 2016 Mar 22.

Abstract

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.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / diagnosis
  • AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / parasitology*
  • Adult
  • Coinfection
  • Cryptosporidiosis / diagnosis
  • Cryptosporidiosis / parasitology*
  • Cryptosporidium parvum / classification
  • Cryptosporidium parvum / isolation & purification*
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Feces / parasitology
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic / diagnosis
  • Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic / parasitology*
  • Lung Diseases, Parasitic / diagnosis
  • Lung Diseases, Parasitic / parasitology*
  • Middle Aged