title: Parasitic infections in HIV-infected patients who visited Seoul National University Hospital during the period 1995-2003.
abstract: The prevalence of parasitic infections was investigated in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected patients (n = 105) who visited Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea, during the period from 1995 to 2003. Fecal samples were collected from 67 patients for intestinal parasite examinations, and sputum or bronchoalveolar lavage samples from 60 patients for examination of Pneumocystis carinii. Both samples were obtained from 22 patients. Thirty-three (31.4%) of the 105 were found to have parasitic infections; Cryptosporidium parvum (10.5%; 7/67), Isospora belli (7.5%; 5/67), Clonorchis sinensis (3.0%; 2/67), Giardia lamblia (1.5%; 1/67), Gymnophalloides seoi (1.5%; 1/67), and Pneumocystis carinii (28.3%; 17/60). The hospital records of the 11 intestinal parasite-infected patients showed that all suffered from diarrhea. This study shows that parasitic infections are important clinical complications in HIV-infected patients in the Republic of Korea.
authors.affiliation: Department of Parasitology and Tropical Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine and Institute of Endemic Diseases, Seoul National University Medical Research Center, Seoul 110-799, Korea.
authors.forename: Sang-Mee
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Guk
authors.forename: Min
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Seo
authors.forename: Yun-Kyu
authors.initials: YK
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Myoung-Don
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Oh
authors.forename: Kang-Won
authors.initials: KW
authors.lastname: Choe
authors.forename: Jae-Lip
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Min-Ho
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.forename: Sung-Tae
authors.initials: ST
authors.lastname: Hong
authors.forename: Jong-Yil
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Chai
mesh_terms: D017088:AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / Q000469:parasitology*; D000328:Adult; D005243:Feces / Q000469:parasitology; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D007723:Korea / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010272:Parasitic Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*