Human cryptosporidiosis is a self-limited diarrheal disease characterized by acute, persistent, or chronic diarrhea and biliary/pulmonary disease. Transmission of the causative agent, Cryptosporidium, occurs by the fecal-oral route. Water-borne transmission often occurs. The disease can be potentially serious in immunocompromised patients.
Cryptosporidium parvum [GN:cpv] Cryptosporidium hominis [GN:cho]
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The most important therapy is hydroelectrolytic resuscitation. Antiretroviral therapy appears to play a critical role in resolution of AIDS-associated cryptosporidiosis.
