Strongyloidiasis Detected by the Agar Plate Culture Method among Patients Infected by HIV
| Autor: | E.A. De León-Juárez, M.C. Hernández-García, Elena Urdez-Hernández, José Juan Terrazas-Estrada, Patricia García-Zaldívar, Ariel Estrada-Aguilera, Silvia Jiménez-Galán, Martín Antonio-Manríquez |
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| Rok vydání: | 1999 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Pathology food.ingredient biology business.industry Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) medicine.disease medicine.disease_cause biology.organism_classification Gastroenterology Strongyloides stercoralis Agar plate Infectious Diseases Strongyloidiasis food Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) Internal medicine medicine Parasite hosting Agar business Feces |
| Zdroj: | AIDS Patient Care and STDs. 13:625-628 |
| ISSN: | 1557-7449 1087-2914 |
| DOI: | 10.1089/apc.1999.13.625 |
| Popis: | To evaluate the rate of strongyloidiasis among HIV/AIDS patients, stools and duodenal juice were examined using the agar plate culture method. From January to June 1993, a total of 60 HIV/AIDS patients were required for duodenal aspirate and three serial samples of freshly passed stools. Stools and duodenal aspirate were dispensed on an agar plate culture; after incubation at 28 degrees C during 48 h, screening of plates was made at 10 x. The presence of furrows and worms of short buccal chamber and prominent genital primordium were positive for Strongyloides stercoralis. Most patients were men (91.7%); their mean age, of 33.9 years (SD +/- 10.6); their median CD4(+) T-cells count, of 105/microL (range of 12 to 646). S. stercoralis was detected in three patients (5%). In duodenal juice, the three patients showed the parasite, but in feces, only two (3.3%). In these two individuals, the worms were found in feces by agar culture and Faust's concentration method. The rate of S. stercoralis in feces of HIV/AIDS individuals (3.3%) by agar culture method was similar to that formerly reported from the general Mexican population (2.9%) using standard concentration procedures. Hence, in this immunocompromised population of a low prevalence city, there was no advantage to using an agar plate culture for strongyloidiasis. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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