title: Parasitological observations of chronic diarrhoea in suspected AIDS adult patients in Kinshasa (Zaire).
abstract: The parasitological profile of chronic diarrhoea in 46 Zairian adults suspected of Aids demonstrated that the frequency of protozoa was five times higher than that of helminths; 86% of the protozoa were sporozoa: Isospora belli was the most frequent (19%), followed by Cryptosporidium isolated for the first time in Zaire (8%) and Blastocystis hominis (2%). 37 of the 46 patients were immunodeficient.
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000469:parasitology*; D000328:Adult; D003458:Cryptosporidium / Q000302:isolation & purification; D015023:Democratic Republic of the Congo; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000469:parasitology*; D056890:Eukaryota / Q000302:isolation & purification; D006801:Humans; D007549:Isospora / Q000302:isolation & purification; D015003:Yeasts / Q000302:isolation & purification