Human Infection with Cryptosporidium felis: Case Report and Literature Review

An infection with Cryptosporidium felis in an HIV-positive man from Italy was successfully treated with paromomycin, despite the patient’s having a CD4+ cell count of 31/mL. Fourteen cases of human infection with C. felis have been described, all in the past 3 years, emphasizing the public health im...

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Autores principales: Cacciò, Simone, Pinter, Elena, Fantini, Rosanna, Mezzaroma, Ivano, Pozio, Edoardo
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2002
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Dispatch
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2730266/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11799756
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid0801.010269
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Sumario:An infection with Cryptosporidium felis in an HIV-positive man from Italy was successfully treated with paromomycin, despite the patient’s having a CD4+ cell count of 31/mL. Fourteen cases of human infection with C. felis have been described, all in the past 3 years, emphasizing the public health importance of Cryptosporidium parasites other than C. parvum.

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