Isospora belli in a patient with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome.
Isospora belli is a cause of protracted diarrhea in immunocompromised patients. Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), seen mostly in homosexual men and narcotic addicts, predisposes affected persons to a number of opportunistic infections. As Isospora belli has been reported only once in this group, we report Isospora belli in an AIDS patient with chronic diarrhea.
D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D000328:Adult; D003048:Coccidiosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology; D003049:Coccidiostats / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000209:etiology / Q000469:parasitology; D004386:Duodenum / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007411:Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology; D007583:Jejunum / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male
D003049:Coccidiostats