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Isospora belli infection and chronic electrolyte disturbance in a child with fetal alcohol syndrome
Author(s) -
Bucens Ingrld K,
King Ruaaell O P
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2000.tb125631.x
Subject(s) - isospora , medicine , eosinophilia , malnutrition , immunology , gastroenterology , biology , paleontology , feces
We report an 11‐year‐old boy with fetal alcohol syndrome and immunodeficiency, whose longstanding malnutrition, diarrhoea with steatorrhoea, symptomatic electrolyte loss and eosinophilia were attributed to renal tubular disease and recurrent worm infestation. The symptoms resolved with diagnosis and treatment of infection by the protozoan lsospora belli, although immunodeficiency persisted.