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We report a case of an immunocompetent child who developed gallbladder hydrops during a concurrent diarrheal illness caused by Cryptosporidium parvum. Hepatobiliary disease and chronic cryptosporidial diarrhea is an accepted association in adults with HIV infection but has only once previously been
The pathologic changes associated with human cryptosporidiosis have not been well characterized. In this report, 15 cases of cryptosporidiosis in acquired immunodeficiency syndrome patients are described. Organisms were found in autopsy tissue specimens in 13 cases, and only in antemortem stool
There are no standard guidelines for the treatment of cryptosporidiosis in reptiles. The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of two cryptosporidiosis therapies in captive green iguanas. Eight green iguanas aged 2-6 years, including 6 (1 ♂ and 5 ♀) animals with chronic diarrhea, received
Cryptosporidiosis was diagnosed in 81 guinea pigs (Cavia porcellus) from 1979 through 1985 at a research animal diagnostic laboratory. Most of the guinea pigs were juveniles of Hartley stock and originated from 6 commercial laboratory animal suppliers or from one pet store supplier. Common clinical
An asymptomatic adult female rabbit had intestinal cryptosporidiosis. The ileum had blunted villi, a decrease in villus-crypt ratio and a mild edema in the lamina propria. Transmission electron microscopy showed the parasite to be a Cryptosporidium similar to those reported in mouse, guinea pig,
OBJECTIVE
The purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence and cause of an echogenic nodule in the distal end of the common bile duct seen on sonograms in patients who have AIDS-related cholangitis.
METHODS
Sonograms of the liver and bile ducts were obtained in 15 patients who had