Symptomatic therapy includes treatment with antidiarrheal agents, eg, loperamide or diphenoxylate-atropine. Treatment is usually not required for cryptosporidiosis in patients who are immunocompetent and no clinical trials have convincingly demonstrated efficacy of antimicrobics. Attention to nutritional aspects of patient care is crucial because malnutrition can cause death. Enteral nutrition frequently exacerbates the diarrhea. Consider total parenteral nutrition.
Somatostatin analogues are partially beneficial for reducing secretory diarrhea.
Antidiarrheal agents are administered for symptomatic relief. Antibiotics - Empiric antimicrobial therapy must be comprehensive and should cover all likely pathogens in the context of the clinical setting. Amebicidal and antibacterial aminoglycoside obtained from a strain of Streptomyces rimosus , active in intestinal amebiasis. Recommended for treatment of Diphyllobothrium latum , Taenia saginata , Taenia solium , Dipylidium caninum , and Hymenolepsis nana . In clinical study, the combination with paromomycin gave good symptom control.