The 1993 Milwaukee Cryptosporidium outbreak posed several questions regarding appropriate management and prognosis of @entity29 @entity1 @entity697 with this organism. We prospectively identified and monitored 12 @entity1 with stable @entity31 or @entity30 who suffered abrupt clinical decompensation during the outbreak. All recovered to baseline at < or = 60 days. In @entity1 receiving immunosuppressive therapy, mean duration of symptoms was no longer than in @entity1 without it. Antibiotics did not clearly reduce duration of illness. Two additional @entity1 without a history of @entity1944 presented with @entity13570 and @entity1960 , respectively, initially suggesting @entity30 . Both recovered completely without specific therapy. We conclude that cryptosporidiosis may present as an acute relapse of @entity29 and responds to standard therapy; antibiotics confer no obvious benefit. Immunosuppressive therapy does not predispose to chronic or severe illness in these @entity1 . @entity11447 may present with acute findings initially mimicking @entity30 .

@entity11447 and XXXX . Experience from the Milwaukee outbreak.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['patients'] @entity1944 :: ('MESH:D007410', 'Disease') :: ['intestinal disease'] @entity11447 :: ('MESH:D003457', 'Disease') :: ['Cryptosporidiosis'] @entity697 :: ('MESH:D000208', 'Disease') :: ['acutely infected'] @entity31 :: ('MESH:D003093', 'Disease') :: ['ulcerative colitis'] @entity29 :: ('MESH:D015212', 'Disease') :: ['inflammatory bowel disease'] @entity1960 :: ('MESH:D003092', 'Disease') :: ['colitis'] @entity13570 :: ('MESH:D007079', 'Disease') :: ['ileitis'] @entity30 :: ('MESH:D003424', 'Disease') :: ["Crohn's disease"]
@entity29 :: (MESH:D015212,Disease) :: ['inflammatory bowel disease']
