Diagnosis of AIDS-Related Intestinal Parasites
Abstract
Presistent diarrhea from infection with the protozoan parasite Cryptosporidium, continues to be an indicator illness of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infection. During the past year, our understanding of the dimensions and import of Cryptosporidium infection in this patient population, and in others, has continued to expand. From an epidemiologic perspective: 15% of patients with AIDS and diarrhea recently evaluated at the National Institutes of Health had cryptosporidiosis (1) while 16% of patients with AIDS and diarrhea studied at Johns Hopkins were infected with Cryptosporidium, the most common pathogen isolated in this series (2). At St. Stephen's Hospital in Great Britain, 11% of AIDS patients had Cryptosporidium infection and 19% of these were thought to have died as a direct result (3); 12% of AIDS patients reported from Sao Paulo, Brazil, also had cryptosporidiosis.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 20, 1989
- Accession Number
- ADA231241
Entities
People
- Beth L. Ungar
Organizations
- Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences