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
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Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2002
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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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author Cacciò, Simone
Pinter, Elena
Fantini, Rosanna
Mezzaroma, Ivano
Pozio, Edoardo
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description 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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spelling pubmed-27302662009-09-16 Human Infection with Cryptosporidium felis: Case Report and Literature Review Cacciò, Simone Pinter, Elena Fantini, Rosanna Mezzaroma, Ivano Pozio, Edoardo Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch 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. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2002-01 /pmc/articles/PMC2730266/ /pubmed/11799756 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid0801.010269 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
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Human Infection with Cryptosporidium felis: Case Report and Literature Review
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title_full Human Infection with Cryptosporidium felis: Case Report and Literature Review
title_fullStr Human Infection with Cryptosporidium felis: Case Report and Literature Review
title_full_unstemmed Human Infection with Cryptosporidium felis: Case Report and Literature Review
title_short Human Infection with Cryptosporidium felis: Case Report and Literature Review
title_sort human infection with cryptosporidium felis: case report and literature review
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2730266/
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