Cryptosporidiosis surgery
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; {Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief:
Overview
The role of surgical intervention for cryptosporidiosis is reserved for cases of biliary cryptosporidiosis causing acalculous cholecystitis. [1]
Surgery
The role of surgical intervention for cryptosporidiosis is reserved for cases of biliary cryptosporidiosis causing acalculous cholecystitis. Patients with this manifestation of the disease may benefit from a cholecystectomy.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Keshavjee SH, Magee LA, Mullen BJ, Baron DL, Brunton JL, Gallinger S (1993). "Acalculous cholecystitis associated with cytomegalovirus and sclerosing cholangitis in a patient with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome". Can J Surg. 36 (4): 321–5. PMID 8396496.