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.
Category
Parasitic infectious disease
Brite
Human diseases in ICD-11 classification [BR:br08403]
01 Certain infectious or parasitic diseases
Gastroenteritis or colitis of infectious origin
Protozoal intestinal infections
1A32 Cryptosporidiosis
H00356 Cryptosporidiosis
Genome-based classification of infectious diseases [BR:br08401]
Parasitic infections (protists)
Infections caused by Alveolates
H00356 Cryptosporidiosis
Pathogen
Cryptosporidium parvum [GN:cpv] Cryptosporidium hominis [GN:cho]
The most important therapy is hydroelectrolytic resuscitation. Antiretroviral therapy appears to play a critical role in resolution of AIDS-associated cryptosporidiosis.
