HIV opportunistic infection cryptosporidiosis: prevention and treatment guidelines: Difference between revisions
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Cryptosporidiosis is caused by Cryptosporidium species, a group of protozoan parasites that infect the small bowel mucosa, and in immunosuppressed persons, the large bowel and extraintestinal sites. Those at greatest risk for disease are patients with advanced immunosuppression (i.e., CD4+ T lymphocyte counts generally <100 cells/µL)<ref name="pmid1348918">{{cite journal |author=Flanigan T, Whalen C, Turner J, Soave R, Toerner J, Havlir D, Kotler D |title=Cryptosporidium infection and CD4 counts |journal=Ann. Intern. Med. |volume=116 |issue=10 |pages=840–2 |year=1992 |month=May |pmid=1348918 |doi= |url= |accessdate=2012-04-19}}</ref> | Cryptosporidiosis is caused by Cryptosporidium species, a group of protozoan parasites that infect the small bowel mucosa, and in immunosuppressed persons, the large bowel and extraintestinal sites. Those at greatest risk for disease are patients with advanced immunosuppression (i.e., CD4+ T lymphocyte counts generally <100 cells/µL)<ref name="pmid1348918">{{cite journal |author=Flanigan T, Whalen C, Turner J, Soave R, Toerner J, Havlir D, Kotler D |title=Cryptosporidium infection and CD4 counts |journal=Ann. Intern. Med. |volume=116 |issue=10 |pages=840–2 |year=1992 |month=May |pmid=1348918 |doi= |url= |accessdate=2012-04-19}}</ref> | ||
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Revision as of 17:08, 19 April 2012
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-In-Chief:, Ujjwal Rastogi, MBBS [2]
Overview
Cryptosporidiosis is caused by Cryptosporidium species, a group of protozoan parasites that infect the small bowel mucosa, and in immunosuppressed persons, the large bowel and extraintestinal sites. Those at greatest risk for disease are patients with advanced immunosuppression (i.e., CD4+ T lymphocyte counts generally <100 cells/µL)[1]