Inhalation Therapy of Paromomycin Is Effective for Respiratory Infection and Hypoxia by Cryptosporidium With AIDS

Inhalation Therapy of Paromomycin Is Effective for Respiratory Infection and Hypoxia by Cryptosporidium With AIDS

A 24-year-old man with AIDS and hemophilia A had intractable diarrhea and fever. Upon examination of stool and of a sigmoidal biopsy specimen, cryptosporidium was revealed. Approximately 2 months after admission, respiratory infection with hypoxia due to cryptosporidium developed. Paromomycin inhala...

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Veröffentlicht in:The American journal of the medical sciences 1995-01, Vol.309 (1), p.60-62
Hauptverfasser: Mohri, Hiroshi, Fujita, Hiroyuki, Asakura, Yusuke, Katoh, Kazunobu, Okamoto, Rie, Tanabe, Juichi, Harano, Hiroshi, Noguchi, Tahei, Inayama, Yoshiaki, Amano, Teruaki, Okubo, Takao
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Sprache:eng
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AIDS
Antibacterial agents
Antibiotics. Antiinfectious agents. Antiparasitic agents
Biological and medical sciences
Cryptosporidiosis
Medical sciences
Pharmacology. Drug treatments
Respiratory infection
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Zusammenfassung:A 24-year-old man with AIDS and hemophilia A had intractable diarrhea and fever. Upon examination of stool and of a sigmoidal biopsy specimen, cryptosporidium was revealed. Approximately 2 months after admission, respiratory infection with hypoxia due to cryptosporidium developed. Paromomycin inhalation was effective therapy. To the authors’ knowledge, this is the first case of respiratory cryptosporidiosis treated successfully by paromomycin inhalation.
ISSN:0002-9629
1538-2990
DOI:10.1097/00000441-199501000-00009