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. 2007 Nov;77(5):823-4.

High proportion of isosporiasis among HIV-infected patients with diarrhea in southern India

R Vignesh  1 , P Balakrishnan, E M Shankar, K G Murugavel, S Hanas, A J Cecelia, S P Thyagarajan, Suniti Solomon, N Kumarasamy
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  • PMID: 17984334

High proportion of isosporiasis among HIV-infected patients with diarrhea in southern India

R Vignesh et al. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2007 Nov.

Abstract

We investigated 245 diarrheal stool specimens from HIV-positive subjects between January 2003 and December 2006 to determine the etiological role of coproparasites. Parasitic etiology was observed in 91 (37.1%) cases. Isospora belli (26.1%) was the most common parasite followed by Entameba histolytica/dispar (3.3%), Cryptosporidium spp. (2.9%), Giardia intestinalis (1.6%), and Strongyloides stercoralis (1.2%). Interesting trends of significant increase in the number of cases of I. belli and decline in Cryptosporidium spp. were observed during the study period.

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