Case report: inhalation therapy of paromomycin is effective for respiratory infection and hypoxia by cryptosporidium with AIDS

Am J Med Sci. 1995 Jan;309(1):60-2. doi: 10.1097/00000441-199501000-00009.

Abstract

A 24-year-old man with AIDS and hemophilia A had intractable diarrhea and fever. Upon examination of stool and of a sigmoidal biopsy specimen, cryptosporidium was revealed. Approximately 2 months after admission, respiratory infection with hypoxia due to cryptosporidium developed. Paromomycin inhalation was effective therapy. To the authors' knowledge, this is the first case of respiratory cryptosporidiosis treated successfully by paromomycin inhalation.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / drug therapy*
  • Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / complications*
  • Administration, Inhalation
  • Adult
  • Animals
  • Cryptosporidiosis / drug therapy*
  • Cryptosporidiosis / etiology
  • Cryptosporidium*
  • Humans
  • Hypoxia / drug therapy
  • Hypoxia / etiology
  • Lung Diseases, Parasitic / drug therapy*
  • Lung Diseases, Parasitic / etiology
  • Male
  • Paromomycin / administration & dosage
  • Paromomycin / therapeutic use*

Substances

  • Paromomycin