title: Opportunistic protozoa in stool samples from HIV-infected patients.
abstract: A retrospective study of stool samples of HIV-infected patients from January 1994 to December 1995 submitted to the Department of Tropical Pathology was analyzed. There were twenty-two cases, all of which presented with chronic diarrhea. Result showed that 50% were infected with protozoa. These include Microsporidium (27.27%), Cryptosporidium (9.09%), Isospora belli (4.54%) and Giardia intestinalis cysts (9.09%). Other infections were Candida sp, Strongyloides stercoralis larva and Opisthorchis viverrini ova. The data stress the importance of opportunistic protozoa in the HIV-infected patients. Awareness of their existence of the diseases is important areas with increasing number of HIV-infected patients for early detection and proper treatment.
authors.affiliation: Department of Tropical Pathology, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Punpoowong
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Viriyavejakul
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Riganti
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Pongponaratn
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Chaisri
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Maneerat
mesh_terms: D017088:AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / Q000469:parasitology*; D005243:Feces / Q000469:parasitology*; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000469:parasitology*; D006801:Humans; D011528:Protozoan Infections / Q000209:etiology* / Q000469:parasitology; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013785:Thailand