Chronic Isospora belli Infection Treated with Co-trimoxazole
Authors: L. ERIC
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1979)

Brief Reports1 September 1979Chronic Isospora belli Infection Treated with Co-trimoxazoleL. ERIC, M.D. WESTERMAN, ROGER P. CHRISTENSEN, M.D.L. ERICSearch for more papers by this author, M.D. WESTERMANSearch for more papers by this author, ROGER P. CHRISTENSEN, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-91-3-413 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptCoccidia are one-celled organisms that parasitize the intestinal tracts of wild and domestic animals. Only small numbers of human infections have been documented in the United States, but endemic areas exist in South America, Africa, and the Middle East (1). Many self-limited infections probably go undetected in this country.We have seen an immunosuppressed patient in which severe, chronic diarrhea was associated with Isospora belli infection. Although unresponsive to many treatments, the diarrhea and infection resolved promptly with treatment with co-trimoxazole.A previously healthy 24-year-old woman developed fever, fatigueand purpuric skin lesions in October 1975 and was found to have...References1. BRANDBORG L. Parasitic diseases. In: SLEISENGER MH, FORDTRAN JS, eds. Gastrointestinal Disease. Philadelphia: W. B. Saunders Company; 1978;1154-81. Google Scholar2. BRANDBORGGOLDBERGBREIDENBACH LSW. Human coccidiosis: a possible cause of malabsorption. N Engl J Med. 1970;283:1306-13. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar3. MEISELPERERAMELIGRORUBIN JDBC. Overwhelming watery diarrhea associated with a cryptosporidium in an immunosuppressed patient. Gastroenterology. 1976;70:1156-60. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar4. TRIERMOXEYSCHIMMELROBLES JPEE. Chronic intestinal coccidiosis in man: intestinal morphology and response to treatment. Gastroenterology. 1974;66:923-35. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Hillcrest Medical Center Tulsa, Oklahoma PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byCystoisospora belli infections in humans: the past 100 yearsIsospora, Cyclospora , and SarcocystisCryptosporidium hominis and Isospora belli Diarrhea in Travelers Returning From West AfricaClinical Significance of Enteric Protozoa in the Immunosuppressed Human PopulationIsosporose chez le patient infecté par le VIHIsospora belli infection in a patient with non-Hodgkin's lymphomaGASTROINTESTINAL INFECTIONS IN THE IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOSTParasites and Diarrhea. I: Protozoans and DiarrheaBiology of Isospora spp. from humans, nonhuman primates, and domestic animalsPlacebo-controlled trial co-trimoxazole for cyclospora infections among travellers and foreign residents in Nepal.Opportunistic infections: Treatment and developmental therapeutics of cryptosporidiosis and isosporiasisToxoplasma, Neospora, Sarcocystis, and Other Tissue Cyst-Forming Coccidia of Humans and AnimalsIntestinal parasites in returned travelersIsospora belli infection A report of two cases in patients with AIDSParasitic DiarrheaTreatment and Prophylaxis of Isospora belli Infection in Patients with the Acquired Immunodeficiency SyndromeProtozoa and Helminths: “The Gay Bowel Syndrome”Isospora belli Infection: Treatment with PyrimethamineLouis M. Weiss, MD, MPH, David C. Perlman, MD, Jeffrey Sherman, MD, Herbert Tanowitz, MD, Murray Wittner, MD, PhDIsospora belli enteric infection in patients with human T-cell leukemia virus type I-associated adult T-cell leukemiaParasitic DiarrheaCryptosporidiosis and Isosporiasis in Patients with AIDSClinical Manifestations and Therapy of Isospora belli Infection in Patients with the Acquired Immunodeficiency SyndromeProtozoan Infections of Man: Other InfectionsHuman enteric coccidia. II. Isospora belli and Sarcocystis sppIsospora infection in a homosexual manIntestinal and Bronchial Cryptosporidiosis in an Immunodeficient Homosexual ManPIERRE FORGACS, M.D., ALAN TARSHIS, M.D., PEARL MA, Ph.D., MICHELINE FEDERMAN, Ph.D., LINDA MELE, M.S., MARK L. SILVERMAN, M.D., JOHN A. SHEA, M.D.Parasitosen des menschlichen DünndarmsTreatment of Enteric Infections and CombinationsDelayed diagnosis of malaria.The Treatment of Intestinal Protozoan InfectionsIntestinal cryptosporidiosis complicated by disseminated cytomegalovirus infectionParasites and malabsorption 1 September 1979Volume 91, Issue 3Page: 413-414KeywordsChronic diarrheaDiarrheaFeversIsosporaIsosporiasisLesions ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 September 1979 PDF downloadLoading ...