Multiple drug regimen for severe diarrhea associated with Cryptosporidium in aids patients

Brites, Carlos; Moreira Jr., Edson D.; Bina, José Carlos; Johnson Jr., Warren D.; Badaró, Roberto

doi:10.1590/S0037-86821991000200010

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Multiple drug regimen for severe diarrhea associated with Cryptosporidium in aids patients

Carlos Brites; Edson D. Moreira Jr.; José Carlos Bina; Warren D. Johnson Jr.; Roberto Badaró

^{Adress to correspondence} Adress to correspondence: Dr. Roberto Badaró. Serviço de Imunologia do Hospital Prof. Edgard Santos. R. João das Botas s/n Canela 40140 Salvador, BA, Brasil.

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Federal University of Bahia, Salvador, BA, Brazil. Cornell University Medical College, New York, NY, USA.

This work was supported by the NIH Grant AI26506-03

1. Center for Disease Control: Update: Treatment of cryptosporidiosis in patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). MMWR 33: 117, 1984.
2. Garcia LS, Bruckner DA, Brewer TC, Shimizu RY. Techniques for the recovery and identification of Cryp-tosporidiosis oocysts from stool specimens. Journal of Clinical Microbiology 18: 185-90, 1983.
3. Ma P, Soave R. Three-step stool examination for cryp-tosporidiosis in 10 homosexual men with protacted watery diarrhea. The Journal of Infectious Diseases 147: 824-828, 1983.
4. Margulis SJ, Honig CL, Soave R, Govani AF, Moura- dian JA, Jacobson IM. Biliary tract obstruction in the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. Annals of Internal Medicine 105: 207-210, 1986.
5. Pitlik SD, Fainstein V, Garza D, Guarda L, Bolivar R, Rios A, Hopfer RL, Mausel PA. Human cryptosporidiosis: Spectrum of disease. Report of six cases and review of the literature. Archives of Internal Medicine 143: 2269-2275, 1983.
6. Soave R, Armstrong D. Cryptosporidium and cryptos-poridiosis. Reviews of Infectious Diseases 8: 1012- 1023, 1986.
7. Soave R, Dieterich D, Kotler D, Gassyur E, Tierney AR, Libes L, Legendre R. Oral diclurazil therapy for Cryptosporidiasis. In: Abstract of Sixth International Conference on AIDS, San Francisco n.° ThB 520, June, 1990.

Adress to correspondence:

Dr. Roberto Badaró.

Serviço de Imunologia do Hospital

Prof. Edgard Santos.

R. João das Botas s/n Canela

40140

Salvador, BA, Brasil.

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June 1991

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[1] 1. Center for Disease Control: Update: Treatment of cryptosporidiosis in patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). MMWR 33: 117, 1984.

[2] 2. Garcia LS, Bruckner DA, Brewer TC, Shimizu RY. Techniques for the recovery and identification of Cryp-tosporidiosis oocysts from stool specimens. Journal of Clinical Microbiology 18: 185-90, 1983.

[3] 3. Ma P, Soave R. Three-step stool examination for cryp-tosporidiosis in 10 homosexual men with protacted watery diarrhea. The Journal of Infectious Diseases 147: 824-828, 1983.

[4] 4. Margulis SJ, Honig CL, Soave R, Govani AF, Moura- dian JA, Jacobson IM. Biliary tract obstruction in the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. Annals of Internal Medicine 105: 207-210, 1986.

[5] 5. Pitlik SD, Fainstein V, Garza D, Guarda L, Bolivar R, Rios A, Hopfer RL, Mausel PA. Human cryptosporidiosis: Spectrum of disease. Report of six cases and review of the literature. Archives of Internal Medicine 143: 2269-2275, 1983.

[6] 6. Soave R, Armstrong D. Cryptosporidium and cryptos-poridiosis. Reviews of Infectious Diseases 8: 1012- 1023, 1986.

[7] 7. Soave R, Dieterich D, Kotler D, Gassyur E, Tierney AR, Libes L, Legendre R. Oral diclurazil therapy for Cryptosporidiasis. In: Abstract of Sixth International Conference on AIDS, San Francisco n.° ThB 520, June, 1990.