Childhood Cryptosporidiosis: A Case Report

Cryptosporidium has emerged as an important cause of diarrheal illness worldwide, especially amongst young children and patients with infectious or iatrogenic immune deficiencies. The authors describe a case of mild cryptosporidiosis in a well-nourished, immunocompetent, one-year-old child. Rapid cl...

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Autores principales: Agnamey, P., Djeddi, D., Diallo, A., Vanrenterghem, A., Brahimi, N., da Costa, C., Totet, A.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2010
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2948902/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20936160
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2010/935625
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author Agnamey, P.
Djeddi, D.
Diallo, A.
Vanrenterghem, A.
Brahimi, N.
da Costa, C.
Totet, A.
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description Cryptosporidium has emerged as an important cause of diarrheal illness worldwide, especially amongst young children and patients with infectious or iatrogenic immune deficiencies. The authors describe a case of mild cryptosporidiosis in a well-nourished, immunocompetent, one-year-old child. Rapid clinical and parasitological improvement was observed after a 3-day course of nitazoxanide.
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spelling pubmed-29489022010-10-08 Childhood Cryptosporidiosis: A Case Report Agnamey, P. Djeddi, D. Diallo, A. Vanrenterghem, A. Brahimi, N. da Costa, C. Totet, A. J Parasitol Res Case Report Cryptosporidium has emerged as an important cause of diarrheal illness worldwide, especially amongst young children and patients with infectious or iatrogenic immune deficiencies. The authors describe a case of mild cryptosporidiosis in a well-nourished, immunocompetent, one-year-old child. Rapid clinical and parasitological improvement was observed after a 3-day course of nitazoxanide. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2010 2010-09-26 /pmc/articles/PMC2948902/ /pubmed/20936160 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2010/935625 Text en Copyright © 2010 P. Agnamey et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Agnamey, P.
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Vanrenterghem, A.
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Totet, A.
Childhood Cryptosporidiosis: A Case Report
title Childhood Cryptosporidiosis: A Case Report
title_full Childhood Cryptosporidiosis: A Case Report
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title_short Childhood Cryptosporidiosis: A Case Report
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2948902/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2010/935625
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