INTESTINAL AND PULMONARY INFECTION BY Cryptosporidium parvum IN TWO PATIENTS WITH HIV/AIDS

We describe two patients with HIV/AIDS who presented pulmonary and intestinal infection caused by Cryptosporidium parvum, with a fatal outcome. The lack of available description of changes in clinical signs and radiographic characteristics of this disease when it is located in the extra-intestinal r...

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Autores principales: REINA, Fábio Tadeu Rodrigues, RIBEIRO, Camila Aparecida, de ARAÚJO, Ronalda Silva, MATTÉ, Maria Helena, CASTANHO, Roberto Esteves Pires, TANAKA, Ioshie Ibara, VIGGIANI, Ana Maria Ferreira Sornas, MARTINS, Luciamáre Perinetti Alves
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Instituto de Medicina Tropical 2016
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4804558/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27007564
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S1678-9946201658021
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Sumario:We describe two patients with HIV/AIDS who presented pulmonary and intestinal infection caused by Cryptosporidium parvum, with a fatal outcome. The lack of available description of changes in clinical signs and radiographic characteristics of this disease when it is located in the extra-intestinal region causes low prevalence of early diagnosis and a subsequent lack of treatment.

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