Cryptosporidiosis leading to an unsuspected diagnosis of AIDS.
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We describe a 68-year-old woman with an episode of diarrhoea, malaise and weight loss, caused by infection with Cryptosporidium. The diagnosis was hampered because this patient had a low risk of HIV infection, a two-year history of Crohn's disease, and a simultaneous candidal infection. An infection with Cryptosporidium was demonstrated with electron microscopic examination, and subsequent tests revealed positive HIV serology. AIDS was probably contracted through her husband.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- The Netherlands journal of medicine
دوره 62 6 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2004