Resumen
Definición
Anamnesis y examen
Principales factores de diagnóstico
- diarrhea
Otros factores de diagnóstico
- abdominal pain
- vomiting
- loss of appetite
- low-grade fever
- loss of weight
- right upper quadrant abdominal pain
- jaundice
- nasal discharge and facial pain
- cough and dyspnea
Factores de riesgo
- contact with farm animals, especially calves and lambs
- international travel
- age: 3 years or younger
- immune deficiency: T-cell-mediated
- swimming and recreational water sports
- drinking unfiltered water
- toileting or changing diapers of young children
- Malnutrition
Pruebas diagnósticas
Primeras pruebas diagnósticas para solicitar
- polymerase chain reaction (PCR) for Cryptosporidium species identification
- stained stool microscopy
- Cryptosporidium antigen detection
Pruebas diagnósticas que deben considerarse
- ultrasound scan of the biliary tract
- CT scan of the biliary tract
- endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP)
Algoritmo de tratamiento
immunocompetent
immunocompromised
Colaboradores
Autores
Rachel M. Chalmers, BSc, PhD
Consultant Clinical Scientist/Honorary Professor
Director of the Cryptosporidium Reference Unit (England and Wales)
Public Health Wales Microbiology
Singleton Hospital
Swansea
UK
Divulgaciones
RMC is an author of a number of references cited in this topic.
Angharad P. Davies, MA, MBBCh, MRCP, FRCPath, PhD
Clinical Associate Professor
College of Medicine
Swansea University
Swansea
UK
Divulgaciones
APD is a Trustee Board Member for the Royal College of Pathologists and is an author of a number of references cited in this topic.
Revisores por pares
Shauna Gunaratne, MD, MPH, DTM&H, CTropMed
Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine
Department of Medicine
Division of Infectious Diseases
Columbia University Irving Medical Center
New York
NY
Divulgaciones
SG declares that she has no competing interests.
Judy Streit, MD
Clinical Professor
University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics
Iowa City
IA
Divulgaciones
JS declares that she has no competing interests.
Diagnósticos diferenciais
- Acute diarrhea
- Chronic diarrhea
- Crohn disease
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