The case of infectious. Infantile cryptosporidiosis. Presentation of a case

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Published: 1986-12-15

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Vásquez G., I. E., & Quintero, Álvaro. (1986). The case of infectious. Infantile cryptosporidiosis. Presentation of a case. Medicina UPB, 5(2), 115-119. https://revistas.upb.edu.co/index.php/medicina/article/view/6021
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Inés Elena Vásquez G.
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Álvaro Quintero
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Abstract

A case of Cryptosporidiosis in a 8 months old patient with hypogammaglobinemia is reported.
The diagnosis was made by direct fecal smear stained with cold and modified Ziehl-Neelsen stain. Although the patient received Spiramycin, the illness proved fatal.

Keywords:
Cryptosporidium, Hypogammaglobulinemia, Inmunodeficiency, Spiramycin

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Inés Elena Vásquez G., Pontifical Bolivarian University

Postgraduate student of Medical Microbiology and Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana. Medellin Colombia.

Álvaro Quintero, Pontifical Bolivarian University

Internal physician, Faculty of Medicine Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana. Medellin Colombia.

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