Description

Conditions associated with immunodeficiency can predispose a patient to severe and/or chronic isosporiasis.


 

Conditions that may predispose the patient to severe or chronic isosporiasis:

(1) adult T-cell leukemia

(2) ALL

(3) Hodgkin's disease

(4) non-Hodgkin's lymphoma

(5) CLL, myeloma or other chronic lymphoproliferative disorders

(6) transplant recipients (liver, kidney, other)

(7) AIDS

(8) malabsorption syndrome

(9) malnutrition

(10) immunosuppressive therapy

 


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