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Case Reports
. 2002 Jan;8(1):85-6.
doi: 10.3201/eid0801.010269.

Human infection with Cryptosporidium felis: case report and literature review

Simone Cacciò  1 , Elena Pinter, Rosanna Fantini, Ivano Mezzaroma, Edoardo Pozio
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Case Reports

Human infection with Cryptosporidium felis: case report and literature review

Simone Cacciò et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2002 Jan.

Abstract

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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Electrophoretic separation of Cryptosporidium oocyst wall protein gene-polymerase chain reaction products digested with the endonuclease RsaI. Lane M, 50-bp size ladder; CpH, Cryptosporidium parvum human genotype; CpC C. parvum calf genotype; Cw, C. wrairi; Cf, C. felis; Cb, C. baileyi; Cs, C. serpentis; Cm, C. muris.
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