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Cryptosporidiosis

Última revisión: 13 Feb 2025
Última actualización: 12 Dec 2023

Resumen

Definición

Anamnesis y examen

Principales factores de diagnóstico

  • diarrhea
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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
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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
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Pruebas diagnósticas

Primeras pruebas diagnósticas para solicitar

  • polymerase chain reaction (PCR) for Cryptosporidium species identification
  • stained stool microscopy
  • Cryptosporidium antigen detection
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Pruebas diagnósticas que deben considerarse

  • ultrasound scan of the biliary tract
  • CT scan of the biliary tract
  • endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP)
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Algoritmo de tratamiento

Agudo

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.

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