Parasitological observations of chronic diarrhoea in suspected AIDS adult patients in Kinshasa (Zaire).
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.
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