Cryptosporidiosis of Colon (2 of 3)

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The rectal mucosa displays some degree of hyperplasia and a cluster of brownish maculas. Cryptosporidium, a protozoan member of the family of coccidia that also includes Pneumocystis carinii and Toxoplasma gondii. Cryptosporidiosis accounts for about 10% of the cases of chronic diarrhea in patients with AIDS. Diarrhea due to Cryptosporidium is being recognized with increasing frequency, both in normal and inmunocompromised patients. In inmunocompetent persons diarrhea is self-limited and characterized by copious amounts of watery stool. Inmunocompromised patients develop chronic watery diarrhea with stool volume often in excess of 3 L.a day. Biliary tract involvement with crytosporidiosis has been described and extra-intestinal infection may be observed in compromised patients.

tags: Cryptosporidium jelito grube HIV kolonoskopia

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