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A case of hepato-biliary infection secondary to cryptosporidium in a patient on tacrolimus.
JMM Case Reports 2018 August
Introduction: Cryptosporidium infection is known to cause hepato-biliary involvement, mainly in association with T-cell immune deficiency. Hepato-biliary involvement in association with milder immunosuppression is less well described. We describe the first case, to our knowledge, of Cryptosporidium hominis hepato-biliary infection associated with tacrolimus in a patient with nephrotic syndrome.
Case presentation: A 14 year old girl who had been on tacrolimus for nephrotic syndrome presented with diarrhea due to C. hominis . Nineteen days after her initial presentation she attended hospital with abdominal pain and deranged liver function tests. An ultrasound scan showed a thickened gall bladder. Her symptoms settled and her liver function tests returned to normal after treatment with nitazoxanide.
Conclusion: Cryptosporidium should be considered in the differential diagnosis of both diarrhea and hepato-biliary symptoms and abnormal liver function tests, even in the presence of relatively mild immunosuppression. Nitazoxanide was an effective treatment in this case.
Case presentation: A 14 year old girl who had been on tacrolimus for nephrotic syndrome presented with diarrhea due to C. hominis . Nineteen days after her initial presentation she attended hospital with abdominal pain and deranged liver function tests. An ultrasound scan showed a thickened gall bladder. Her symptoms settled and her liver function tests returned to normal after treatment with nitazoxanide.
Conclusion: Cryptosporidium should be considered in the differential diagnosis of both diarrhea and hepato-biliary symptoms and abnormal liver function tests, even in the presence of relatively mild immunosuppression. Nitazoxanide was an effective treatment in this case.
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