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[Severe diarrhea in AIDS treated with a somatostatin analog. Report of a case]
D García Compeán1, J Ramos Jiménez, J Marfil Rivera
1Departamento de Medicina Interna, Hospital Universitario, Dr. José E. González, UANL, Monterrey, N.L.
Revista De Gastroenterologia De Mexico
|January 1, 1992
Abstract:
We herein report a 30 years old male patient with AIDS and Cryptosporidium diarrhea diagnosed by intestinal biopsy. After some days of unsuccessful conventional anti-diarrheal treatment, an analog of somatostatin (octreotide acetate) Sandostatin was started. The stool volume and the bowel movements decreased dramatically and in spite of some collateral effects the patient could be clinically improved and discharged from the hospital.