Case Report
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World J Clin Infect Dis. May 25, 2017; 7(2): 32-37
Published online May 25, 2017. doi: 10.5495/wjcid.v7.i2.32
Disseminated cryptosporidiosis: Case report and literature review
Shehla Khalil, Bijay R Mirdha, Jaishree Paul, Ashutosh Panda, Yogita Singh
Shehla Khalil, Bijay R Mirdha, Ashutosh Panda, Yogita Singh, Department of Microbiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi 110029, India
Jaishree Paul, School of Life Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi 110067, India
Author contributions: Khalil S, Mirdha BR and Paul J designed the report; Khalil S, Panda A and Singh Y performed experiments; Khalil S, Panda A and Singh Y collected the patient’s clinical data; Khalil S, Mirdha BR and Paul J analyzed the data and wrote the paper.
Supported by Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, Government of India.
Institutional review board statement: The study was approved by Institutional Ethics Committee of All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
Informed consent statement: All the participants were apprised about the study protocol. During the meetings, enrolled individuals (guardians/parents in case of children) were informed that their participation is voluntary and they have all the rights to withdraw from the study at any time without giving any reason.
Conflict-of-interest statement: Authors declare no conflict of interest.
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Correspondence to: Dr. Bijay R Mirdha, MD, Professor, Department of Microbiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Room No. 2078, Teaching Block, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi 110029, India. mirdhabr2078@gmail.com
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Received: April 18, 2016
Peer-review started: April 19, 2016
First decision: May 17, 2016
Revised: January 31, 2017
Accepted: February 20, 2017
Article in press: February 21, 2017
Published online: May 25, 2017
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Core Tip

Core tip: Disseminated cryptosporidiosis has rarely been reported because of the lower frequency as compared to intestinal cryptosporidiosis. Here we describe a case of patient who developed intestinal cryptosporidiosis followed by respiratory cryptosporidiosis. The Cryptosporidium isolate was identified as Cryptosporidium hominis subtype IaA23R2.