Human Infection with Cryptosporidium felis: Case Report and Literature Review

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.

Keywords

• Cryptosporidium felis
• HIV
• paromomycin
• treatment
• CD4+ cell
• erythrocine