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Infection with Cryptosporidium hominis and reinfection with Cryptosporidium parvum in a transplanted ileum
Author(s) -
POZIO EDOARDO,
RIVASI FRANCESCO,
CACCI SIMONE MARIO
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
apmis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.909
H-Index - 88
eISSN - 1600-0463
pISSN - 0903-4641
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0463.2004.apm11204-0513.x
Subject(s) - cryptosporidium , cryptosporidium parvum , paromomycin , ileum , azithromycin , diarrhea , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , enteritis , virology , parasite hosting , feces , antibiotics , gastroenterology , medicine , endocrinology , world wide web , computer science , aminoglycoside
A transplanted ileum was found to be infected with Cryptosporidium hominis 6 days after transplantation. Although the infection resolved, the ileum was later found to be infected with Cryptosporidium parvum. The presence of the parasite was not always correlated with diarrhea. No other gastrointestinal symptom was ever detected. Treatment with azithromycin and paromomycin apparently failed.