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Cryptosporidiosis in the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome: A case report

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A case of cryptosporidiosis in a male homosexual man with AIDS is reported.

The clinical manifestations were anorexia, mild fever, abdominal pain and profuse watery diarrhea.

The diagnosis was made in fecal smears by using a modified Ziehl-Neelsen method and a safranin-rnethylene blue staining technique.

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  1. Istituto di Microbiologia Medica, Facoltà di Medicina e Chirurgia, Università di Bari, Policlinico, Piazza G. Cesare, 70124, Bari

    O. Brandonisio & M. Altamura

  2. Istituto di Clin ca delle Malattie Infettive, Facoltà di Medicina e Chirurgia, Università di Bari, Bari

    G. Angarano, S. Locaputo & G. Pastore

  3. Istituto di Malattie Infettive, Profilassi e Polizia Veterinaria, Facoltà di Medicina Veterinaria, University di Bologna, Bologna

    G. Canestri-Trotti

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Brandonisio, O., Angarano, G., Altamura, M. et al. Cryptosporidiosis in the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome: A case report. Eur J Epidemiol 3, 442–444 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00145660

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