title: Campylobacter-like organisms are uncommon pathogens in patients infected with the human immunodeficiency virus.
abstract: Over a 25-month period, we prospectively evaluated 36 patients with symptomatic human immunodeficiency virus disease (including 27 with unexplained chronic diarrhea) by flexible sigmoidoscopy for the presence of Campylobacter-like organisms. No Campylobacter-like organisms were isolated. Campylobacter-like organisms appear to be an uncommon cause of idiopathic chronic diarrhea in symptomatic human immunodeficiency virus disease.
authors.affiliation: Division of Gastroenterology, San Francisco General Hospital, California 94110.
authors.forename: C M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Wilcox
authors.forename: B A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Byford
authors.forename: C E
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Forsmark
authors.forename: W K
authors.initials: WK
authors.lastname: Hadley
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Cello
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Jacobson
mesh_terms: D002167:Campylobacter / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000472:pathogenicity; D002169:Campylobacter Infections / Q000150:complications*; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000150:complications / Q000382:microbiology; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D009894:Opportunistic Infections / Q000150:complications*