Human Infection with Cryptosporidium felis: Case Report and Literature Review

Cacciò, Simone; Pinter, Elena; Fantini, Rosanna; Mezzaroma, Ivano; Pozio, Edoardo

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Human Infection with Cryptosporidium felis: Case Report and Literature Review

Published Date:

Jan 2002

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Emerg Infect Dis. 8(1):85-86.

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Cacciò, Simone ; Pinter, Elena ; Fantini, Rosanna ; Mezzaroma, Ivano ; Pozio, Edoardo ;

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An infection with Cryptosporidium felis in an HIV-positive man from Italy was successfully treated with paromomycin, despite the patient's having a CD4+ cell count of 31/mL. Fourteen cases of human infection with C. felis have been described, all in the past 3 years, emphasizing the public health importance of Cryptosporidium parasites other than C. parvum.

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