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Life-threatening cryptosporidiosis in immunocompetent infants

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Cryptosporidium infection in immunocompetent patients has been described as a mild self-limiting diarrhoea. We describe two immunocompetent infants presented with life-threatening protracted diarrhoea. These two cases expand on the clinical spectrum of cryptosporidiosis in normal hosts.

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  1. Unit of Infectious Diseases, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer Hospital, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, 52621, Tel-Aviv, Israel

    G. Keren, A. Barzilai & E. Rubinstein

  2. Pediatric Intensive Care Units, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer Hospital, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, 52621, tel-Aviv, Israel

    Z. Barzilay

  3. Department of Microbiology, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer Hospital, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, 52621, Tel-Aviv, Israel

    A. Goldschmied-Reouven & B. Bogokowsky

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Keren, G., Barzilai, A., Barzilay, Z. et al. Life-threatening cryptosporidiosis in immunocompetent infants. Eur J Pediatr 146, 187–189 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02343231

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