A 30-year-old woman from Côte d'Ivoire is HIV-positive with a CD4 of 50 cells/µL. She develops chronic watery diarrhoea. Stool acid-fast stain shows C...

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A 30-year-old woman from Côte d'Ivoire is HIV-positive with a CD4 of 50 cells/µL. She develops chronic watery diarrhoea. Stool acid-fast stain shows Cryptosporidium oocysts. What is the cornerstone of treatment?

Accepted Answer

Immune reconstitution with ART - there is no reliably effective anti-cryptosporidial drug in severely immunocompromised patients

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Oral nitazoxanide

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Oral metronidazole

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Oral albendazole

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IV amphotericin B

uk-dtmh MCQ (SBA): Cryptosporidiosis Treatment in HIV

A 30-year-old woman from Côte d'Ivoire is HIV-positive with a CD4 of 50 cells/µL. She develops chronic watery diarrhoea. Stool acid-fast stain shows Cryptosporidium oocysts. What is the cornerstone of treatment?