These tools will no longer be maintained as of December 31, 2024. Archived website can be found here. PubMed4Hh GitHub repository can be found here. Contact NLM Customer Service if you have questions.


Pubmed for Handhelds

PUBMED FOR HANDHELDS

Search MEDLINE/PubMed

  • Title: Cryptosporidium in AIDS patients in south India: a laboratory investigation.
    Author: Ananthasubramanian M, Ananthan S, Vennila R, Bhanu S.
    Journal: J Commun Dis; 1997 Mar; 29(1):29-33. PubMed ID: 9282526.
    Abstract:
    Faecal samples from 108 AIDS patients submitted for parasitological examination were screened for Cryptosporidium oocysts. Twenty-four were symptomatic patients (Group I), 40 mildly symptomatic (Group II) and 47 asymptomatic (Group III). Cryptosporidium was present in faecal samples of four out of twelve diarrhoeic AIDS patients. None in other groups were positive for Cryptosporidium. Concentration of faeces may not be necessary for the oocyst detection. The study highlights the occurrence of Cryptosporidium in AIDs patients of South India. Cryptosporidium has been associated with prolonged, life-threatening diarrhea in patients with AIDS. In this study, fecal samples from 108 AIDS patients from Chennai, India, were screened for Cryptosporidium oocysts. 21 of these patients had diarrhea at the time of screening, 40 had intermittent diarrhea, and 47 had been asymptomatic in the last month. Enteric parasites were present in 8 (43%) symptomatic patients, 26 (65%) mildly symptomatic patients, and 24 (51%) symptomatic patients. Cryptosporidium was present only among 4 patients from the group with chronic diarrhea and severe dehydration at the time of screening. These findings suggest that parasitological examination of feces may not be necessary for oocyst detection in AIDS patients with diarrhea.
    [Abstract] [Full Text] [Related] [New Search]