Intestinal Parasitosis in Relation to Anti-Retroviral Therapy, CD4+ T-cell Count and Diarrhea in HIV Patients
| Autor: | Bijay Ranjan Mirdha, Manorama Deb, Yogita Singh, Anju Joseph, Shehla Khalil, Ashutosh Panda, Sanjeev Sinha |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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Diarrhea Male Anti-HIV Agents AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections antiretroviral therapy Intestinal parasite Cryptosporidium India HIV Infections medicine.disease_cause Young Adult Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) medicine Animals Humans Parasites Young adult Intestinal Diseases Parasitic biology Incidence (epidemiology) intestinal parasite Middle Aged medicine.disease biology.organism_classification CD4 Lymphocyte Count Infectious Diseases Immunology parasite Population study HIV/AIDS Parasitology Original Article Female medicine.symptom |
| Zdroj: | The Korean Journal of Parasitology |
| ISSN: | 1738-0006 0023-4001 |
| Popis: | Intestinal parasitic infections are one of the major causes of diarrhea in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) seropositive individuals. Antiretroviral therapy has markedly reduced the incidence of many opportunistic infections, but parasite-related diarrhea still remains frequent and often underestimated especially in developing countries. The present hospital-based study was conducted to determine the spectrum of intestinal parasitosis in adult HIV/AIDS (acquired immunodeficiency syndrome) patients with or without diarrhea with the levels of CD4(+) T-cell counts. A total of 400 individuals were enrolled and were screened for intestinal parasitosis. Of these study population, 200 were HIV seropositives, and the remaining 200 were HIV uninfected individuals with or without diarrhea. Intestinal parasites were identified by using microscopy as well as PCR assay. A total of 130 (32.5%) out of 400 patients were positive for any kinds of intestinal parasites. The cumulative number of parasite positive patients was 152 due to multiple infections. A significant association of Cryptosporidium (P |
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