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New and Noteworthy
     
May 2008
 
General Reports
       

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

 
A hundred-year retrospective on cryptosporidiosis.
Tzipori S, Widmer G
Trends Parasitol. 2008 Apr;24(4):184-9.
 Abstract
 
Cryptosporidium - Biotechnological advances in the detection, diagnosis and
analysis of genetic variation.
Jex AR, Smith HV, Monis PT, et al
Biotechnol Adv. 2008 Mar 4.
 Abstract
 
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Cryptosporidium parvum, a potential cause of colic adenocarcinoma.
Certad G, Ngouanesavanh T, Guyot K, et al  
Infect Agent Cancer. 2007 Nov 21;2(1):22
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Cryptosporidium infection in patients with primary immunodeficiencies.
Wolska-Kusnierz B, Bajer A, Caccio S, et al  
J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2007 Oct;45(4):458-64.
 Abstract
 
The Natural History of Antibody Responses to Cryptosporidium Parasites in Men at High Risk
of HIV Infection.
Sandhu SK, Priest JW, Lammie PJ, et al 
J Infect Dis. 2006 Nov 15;194(10):1428-37
 Abstract
 
Pulmonary cryptosporidiosis: role of COX2 and NF-kB.
Asaad NY, Sadek GS.  
APMIS. 2006 Oct;114(10):682-9.
Abstract
 
Co-infection with Cryptosporidium parvum and Cyclospora cayetanensis in
immunocompromised patients.
Helmy MM, Rashed LA, Abdel-Fattah HS.
J Egypt Soc Parasitol. 2006 Aug;36(2):613-27.
Abstract
 
Cryptosporidiosis and other intestinal parasitic infections in patients with chronic diarrhea.
Mahdi NK, Ali NH. 
Saudi Med J. 2004 Sep;25(9):1204-7.
Abstract
 
Cryptosporidium.
Sunnotel O, Lowery CJ, Moore JE
Lett Appl Microbiol. 2006 Jul;43(1):7-16.
Abstract
 
An updated review on Cryptosporidium and Giardia.
Huang DB, White AC.
Gastroenterol Clin North Am. 2006 Jun;35(2):291-314, viii.
 Abstract
 
Advances in the epidemiology, diagnosis and treatment of cryptosporidiosis.
Caccio SM, Pozio E.
Expert Rev Anti Infect Ther. 2006 Jun;4(3):429-43
 Abstract
 
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Mixed Cryptosporidium infections and HIV.
Cama V, Gilman RH, Vivar A, et al
Emerg Infect Dis. 2006 Jun;12(6):1025-8.
 Paper
 
Predictive population dose-response assessment for Cryptosporidium parvum: infection
endpoint.
Englehardt JD, Swartout J. et al
J Toxicol Environ Health A. 2004 Apr 23-May 28;67(8-10):651-6
 Abstract
 
Substance p expression correlates with severity of diarrhea in cryptosporidiosis.
Robinson P, Okhuysen PC, Chappell CL, et  al
J Infect Dis. 2003 Jul 15;188(2):290-6.
 Abstract
 
Cryptosporidium and host resistance: historical perspective and some novel approaches.
Harp JA.
Anim Health Res Rev. 2003 Jun;4(1):53-62.
Abstract

Cryptosporidiosis. A global challenge.
Mosier DA, Oberst RD.
 Ann N Y Acad Sci  2000;916:102-11
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Case Studies/Literature Reviews
       

          Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

 
Gastric cryptosporidiosis revealing a small cell lung carcinoma
Kourda N, Blel A, Ben Jilani SB, Zermani R.
Bull Soc Pathol Exot. 2008 Feb;101(1):22-3
 Abstract
 
Pulmonary cryptosporidiosis in an AIDS patient: successful treatment with paromomycin
plus azithromycin.
Palmieri F, Cicalini S, Froio N, et al
Int J STD AIDS. 2005 Jul;16(7):515-7.
 Abstract
 
Reversible sclerosing cholangitis secondary to cryptosporidiosis in a renal
transplant patient.
Abdo A, Klassen J, Urbanski S, et al.
J Hepatol 2003 May;38(5):688-91
 Abstract

Intestinal cryptosporidiosis as an initial manifestation in a previously healthy Japanese patient
with AIDS.
Fujikawa H, Miyakawa H, Iguchi K, et al.
J Gastroenterol 2002 Oct;37(10):840-843
 Abstract

Human Infection with Cryptosporidium felis: Case Report and Literature Review.
Caccio S, Pinter E, Fantini R, et al.
Emerg Infect Dis 2002 Jan;8(1):85-6
 Abstract
 

 

        Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Posters

  Bronchopulmonary Cryptosporidiosis in Five HIV-Infected Patients
M.E. CORTI, M.F. VILLAFAÑE, E. MUZZIO,  et al
(45 ICAAC)
 Abstract
Prevention
       

          Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

 
The effectiveness of standard UV depuration at inactivating Cryptosporidium parvum recovered
from spiked pacific oysters (Crassostrea gigas).
Sunnotel O, Snelling WJ, McDonough N, et al
Appl Environ Microbiol. 2007 Jun 15;
Abstract
 
Prevention and treatment of cryptosporidiosis in immunocompromised patients.
Abubakar I, Aliyu Sh, Arumugam C, et al 
Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2007 Jan 24;(1):CD004932.
 Abstract
 
Do iodine water purification tablets provide an effective barrier against Cryptosporidium
parvum?
Butkus MA, Starke JA, Bowman DD
Mil Med. 2005 Jan;170(1):83-6.
 Abstract
 

 
Diagnosis
       
    Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
 
Detection and quantification of Cryptosporidium in HCT-8 cells and human fecal specimens
using real-time polymerase chain reaction.
Parr JB, Sevilleja JE, Amidou S, et al
Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2007 May;76(5):938-42.
Abstract
 
Evaluation of an enzyme-linked immunoassay for the detection of Cryptosporidium antigen in fecal specimens of
HIV/AIDS patients.
Jayalakshmi J, Appalaraju B, Mahadevan K.
Indian J Pathol Microbiol. 2008 Jan-Mar;51(1):137-8.
 Abstract
 
Real-time PCR detection and speciation of Cryptosporidium infection using Scorpion probes.
Stroup SE, Roy S, Mchele J, et al  
J Med Microbiol. 2006 Sep;55(Pt 9):1217-22
 Abstract
 
Evaluation of seven commercial antigen detection tests for Giardia and Cryptosporidium
in stool samples.
Weitzel T, Dittrich S, Mohl I,
Clin Microbiol Infect. 2006 Jul;12(7):656-9
 Abstract
 
FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Quantification of in vitro and in vivo Cryptosporidium parvum infection by using real-time PCR
Godiwala NT, Vandewalle A, Ward HD, Leav BA.
Appl Environ Microbiol. 2006 Jun;72(6):4484-8.
 Paper
 
Detection of cryptosporidium antibodies in sera and oral fluids using multiplex bead
assay.
Moss DM, Montgomery JM, Newland SV,et al
J Parasitol. 2004 Apr;90(2):397-404.
 Abstract
 
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Manufacturer’s Recall of Rapid Cartridge Assay Kits on the Basis of False-Positive
Cryptosporidium Antigen Tests — Colorado, 2004
MMWR March 4, 2003 / Vol. 53 / Dispatch
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Evaluation of three commercial assays for detection of giardia and cryptosporidium
organisms in fecal specimens.
 Johnston SP, Ballard MM, Beach MJ, et al. .
J Clin Microbiol 2003 Feb;41(2):623-6
 Abstract

Detection of Cryptosporidium parvum infection in childhood using various techniques.
Doganci T, Araz E, Ensari A, et al
Med Sci Monit 2002 Dec;8(12):MT223-6
 Abstract

Cryptosporidium parvum and Cyclospora cayetanensis: a review of laboratory methods for
detection of these waterborne parasites.
Quintero-Betancourt W, Peele ER, Rose JB.
J Microbiol Methods 2002 May;49(3):209-24
 Abstract

Epidemiology and clinical features of cryptosporidium infection in immunocompromised
patients. Hunter PR,Nichols G. 
lin Microbiol Rev 2002 Jan;15(1):145-54
Abstract

Differential metabolic response in AIDS-related chronic protozoal diarrhoea.
Sharpstone D, Phelan M, Gazzard B.
 HIV Med 2000 Apr;1(2):102-106
 Abstract

The histopathology of 103 consecutive colonoscopy biopsies from 82 symptomatic
patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome: original and look-back diagnoses.
Orenstein JM, Dieterich DT.
Arch Pathol Lab Med 2001 Aug;125(8):1042-6
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Clinical Management
       
         Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
 
Prevention and treatment of cryptosporidiosis in immunocompromised patients.
Abubakar I, Aliyu Sh, Arumugam C, et al 
Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2007 Jan 24;(1):CD004932.
 Abstract
 
New drugs and treatment for cryptosporidiosis.
Smith HV, Corcoran GD. 
Curr Opin Infect Dis. 2004 Dec;17(6):557-64.
 Abstract

Rapid increase of mucosal CD4 T cells followed by clearance of intestinal cryptosporidiosis
in an AIDS patient receiving highly active antiretroviral therapy.
Schmidt W, Wahnschaffe U, Schafer M, et al.
Gastroenterology 2001 Mar;120(4):984-7
 Abstract 

Treatment/Prevention Guidelines
United States      

United States

          Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

  Treating Opportunistic Infections Among HIV-Infected Adults and Adolescents:
Recommendations from CDC, the National Institutes of Health, and the HIV
Medicine Association/Infectious Diseases Society of America
MMWR Dec 17, 2004 / Vol. 53 / No. RR--1
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