Microbiological findings about pulmonary cryptosporidiosis in two AIDS patients.

Abstract

There is no known treatment for pulmonary cryptosporidiosis, a rare complication of intestinal cryptosporidiosis in AIDS patients. We report two cases of cryptosporidiosis which were unusual because (i) extracellular invasive forms of the parasite were found in the bronchoalveolar lavage and (ii) the outcome was favorable in one patient after treatment with azithromycin.

• Authors: C Dupont, M E Bougnoux, L Turner, E Rouveix, M Dorra
• Journal: Journal of clinical microbiology (J Clin Microbiol) Vol. 34 Issue 1 Pg. 227-9 (Jan 1996) ISSN: 0095-1137 [Print] United States
• PMID: 8748314 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)

Chemical References

• Anti-Bacterial Agents
• Azithromycin

Topics

• AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections (complications, drug therapy, parasitology)
• Adult
• Animals
• Anti-Bacterial Agents (therapeutic use)
• Azithromycin (therapeutic use)
• Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid (parasitology)
• Cryptosporidiosis (complications, drug therapy, parasitology)
• Cryptosporidium (growth & development, isolation & purification)
• Female
• Humans
• Lung Diseases, Parasitic (complications, drug therapy, parasitology)
• Macrophages, Alveolar (parasitology)
• Male
• Substance Abuse, Intravenous (complications)