Cryptosporidial diarrhea in an immunocompetent adult: role of nitazoxanide

Diarrhea caused by Cryptosporidium is most commonly seen in patients with HIV or AIDS or other immunocompromised conditions like diabetes mellitus, or patients on a high dose of steroids or immunosuppressants. The organism is a parasite that infects gastrointestinal epithelium, producing potential l...

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Autores principales: Mainali, Naba Raj, Quinlan, Patrick, Ukaigwe, Anene, Amirishetty, Shailaja
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Co-Action Publishing 2013
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3879510/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24392210
http://dx.doi.org/10.3402/jchimp.v3i3-4.21075
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author Mainali, Naba Raj
Quinlan, Patrick
Ukaigwe, Anene
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description Diarrhea caused by Cryptosporidium is most commonly seen in patients with HIV or AIDS or other immunocompromised conditions like diabetes mellitus, or patients on a high dose of steroids or immunosuppressants. The organism is a parasite that infects gastrointestinal epithelium, producing potential life-threatening diarrhea in people with AIDS but usually self-limiting diarrhea in immunocompetent hosts. Here in, we present an interesting case of persistent diarrhea caused by Cryptosporidium in an immunocompetent adult requiring treatment with nitazoxanide.
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spelling pubmed-38795102014-01-03 Cryptosporidial diarrhea in an immunocompetent adult: role of nitazoxanide Mainali, Naba Raj Quinlan, Patrick Ukaigwe, Anene Amirishetty, Shailaja J Community Hosp Intern Med Perspect Case Report Diarrhea caused by Cryptosporidium is most commonly seen in patients with HIV or AIDS or other immunocompromised conditions like diabetes mellitus, or patients on a high dose of steroids or immunosuppressants. The organism is a parasite that infects gastrointestinal epithelium, producing potential life-threatening diarrhea in people with AIDS but usually self-limiting diarrhea in immunocompetent hosts. Here in, we present an interesting case of persistent diarrhea caused by Cryptosporidium in an immunocompetent adult requiring treatment with nitazoxanide. Co-Action Publishing 2013-12-17 /pmc/articles/PMC3879510/ /pubmed/24392210 http://dx.doi.org/10.3402/jchimp.v3i3-4.21075 Text en © 2013 Naba Raj Mainali et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of 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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Cryptosporidial diarrhea in an immunocompetent adult: role of nitazoxanide
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title_full Cryptosporidial diarrhea in an immunocompetent adult: role of nitazoxanide
title_fullStr Cryptosporidial diarrhea in an immunocompetent adult: role of nitazoxanide
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title_short Cryptosporidial diarrhea in an immunocompetent adult: role of nitazoxanide
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