Cryptosporidiosis presents with severe watery diarrhea in immunocompromised patients; it is diagnosed by microscopy of the stool showing red-pink oocysts on the acid-fast stain.
The patient with HIV infection and 10 days of watery diarrhea and abdominal cramps has been infected with Cryptosporidium, an intracellular parasite that causes a severe GI illness in an immunocompromised patient.
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