Mixed Cryptosporidium Infections and HIV

Abstract

Mixed Cryptosporidium infections were detected in 7 of 21 patients with a diagnosis of rare Cryptosporidium canis or C. felis infections; 6 patients were infected with 2 Cryptosporidium spp. and 1 patient with 3 species. Mixed infections may occur more frequently than previously believed and should be considered when assessing cryptosporidiosis.

Keywords

• Cryptosporidiosis
• Cryptosporidium genotypes
• AIDS-related opportunistic infections
• intestinal diseases, parasitic
• HIV wasting syndrome
• dispatch