title: Natural history of intestinal microsporidiosis among patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus.
abstract: A chart review of 73 human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected patients with enteric microsporidiosis was conducted to define the natural history of microsporidiosis. A substantial proportion of patients remained symptomatic after 6 months (54.8% with persistent diarrhea and 51.2% with weight loss). Predictors for persistent diarrhea included high HIV RNA viral load and no initiation of protease inhibitor therapy.
authors.affiliation: LSU School of Medicine, Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Dascomb
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Clark
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Aberg
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Pulvirenti
authors.forename: R G
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Hewitt
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kissinger
authors.forename: E S
authors.initials: ES
authors.lastname: Didier
mesh_terms: D017088:AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / Q000150:complications*; D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007411:Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D016816:Microsporida; D016881:Microsporidiosis / Q000150:complications*; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D015431:Weight Loss