INTESTINAL COINFECTION BY CYCLOSPORA SP AND CRYPTOSPORIDIUM-PARVUM - FIRST REPORT IN AN AIDS PATIENT

Cyclospora is a recently described new human pathogenic coccidian caus ing intermittent diarrhoeal enteritis which may persist for weeks or m onths in immunocompotent subjects, particularly travellers visiting so me tropical areas and countries, such as Nepal, the Caribbean, Peru an d Mexico. More rarely this enteric pathogen affects immunocompromised humans, namely HIV-infected people or AIDS patients, with same clinica l pictures recognized in normal hosts. We describe the first case of C yclospora sp. and Cryptosporidium parvum associated diarrhoeal enterit is in an adult AIDS patient.