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Abstract: Isosporiasis is a human intestinal disease caused by a parasite called Isosporiasis belli. Symptoms include diarrhea and weight loss. It is sometimes associated with AIDS. ...
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Abstract: To determine factors associated with isosporiasis in persons with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) in Los Angeles County, data from the AIDS surveillance registry were analyzed for the eight-year period 1985-1992. Isosporiasis was reported in 127 (1.0%) of 16,351 ...
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Abstract: Cryptosporidium and Isospora belli are coccidian protozoan parasites that were long recognized as pathogens of animals. They were brought to the attention of the medical community by the advent of AIDS. These parasites are associated with persistent, devastating enteritis in patients with AIDS and self-limited diarrhe ...
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Abstract: Isospora belli has recently been recognized as an opportunistic protozoan pathogen in patients with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). Although I. belli rarely causes diarrhea in patients with AIDS in the United States , we have documented ...
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Abstract: Cryptosporidium sp. and Isospora belli are coccidian protozoan parasites that were long recognized as pathogens for many animal species. The medical community became acquainted with these organisms with the advent of AIDS. Both parasites are associated with persistent, debilitating enteritis and, in the case of Crypto ...
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Abstract: BACKGROUND: To estimate trends in the incidence of parasitic infections as AIDS defining conditions in AIDS patients in Greece . Among 2394 reported AIDS cases, 124 developed one of the parasitic infections related to AIDS at the time of diagnosis. Toxoplasmosis of brain, cryptosporidiosis and ...
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Abstract: There are several protozoan infections that cause relatively benign illness in normal individuals but result in severe disease manifestations in patients with AIDS. These diseases include Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia, CNS toxoplasmosis, cryptosporidiosis, and isosporiasis ...
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Abstract: Enteric infection with the protozoan Isospora belli is common in patients with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) and causes severe diarrhea. I. belli responds well to treatment with trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole, but there is a high rate of recurrence. To investigate the effect of long-term prophylaxis, we ...
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Abstract: Cryptosporidiosis and isosporiasis are intestinal infections caused by the protozoan parasites Cryptosporidium parvum and Isospora belli, respectively. HIV infection and other immunodeficiency diseases predispose human subjects to severe and prolonged cryptosporidiosis. Th ...
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Abstract: While opportunistic infections like Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia ( PCP ), cryptospiridiosis, and toxoplasmosis seem to have gotten the lion s share of attention among AIDS-defining conditions, a few others have been lost in the shuffle. Nevertheless, these illnesses pose very serious problems for increasing numbers o ...
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Abstract: In summary, we present this as the first reported case of both isosporiasis and strongyloidiasis complicating HTLV-I-associated ATLL. Prompt diagnosis and treatment of these parasites in the immunocompromised host are necessary to prevent severe wasting and dehydration. Th ...
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Abstract: <p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>: Identify differences in the distribution of opportunistic diseases in United States (US) AIDS cases born in developing countries.</p> <p><b>METHODS</b>: AIDS cases reported to CDC through December, 1989 were stratified by transmission category and analyzed for frequency of opportunistic diseases ...
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Abstract: Explosive, chronic, fatal, nonbloody diarrhea with/without dissemination pose a very serious management problem in AIDS, especially those caused by Cryptosporidium Isospora, belli, and Microsporidia. These protozoans are easily detected in stool specimens using acidfast or immunofluorescent staining procedures, except ...
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Abstract: A 10-day course of trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole can effectively treat isosporiasis in patients with AIDS, write Jean W. Pape and fellow researchers from the Haitian Study Group on Kaposi s Sarcoma and Opportunistic Infections and Cornell University Medical College. Addit ...
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Abstract: From 1981-84 Cryptosporidiosis was diagnosed in 90 patients from greater New York area by the 3-step stool examination (iodine modified cold kinyoun-sucrose flotation). Sixty cases had AIDS, 5 AIDS related complex (ARC), and 25 were immunocompetent (traveler's diarrhea, nosocomial infections). The AIDS and ARC groups s ...
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Abstract: Twenty-three Ugandan patients with enteropathic acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS, slim disease) were studied. Upper gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopy, colonoscopy, biopsy, stool parasitology and culture were performed. Endoscopy revealed oral and/or oesophageal candidiasis in 22 patients. Stool examination and ...
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Abstract: The study of 11 cases of isosporiasis (Isospora belli) shows that this opportunistic coccidia, alone or with Cryptosporidium, causes severe prolonged diarrhoea which worsens the prognosis and evolution of AIDS patients. A low prevalence (0.7%) is found in subjects from tro ...
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Abstract: This report describes a 38-year-old male homosexual with acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) and a history of Isospora belli infestation treated with trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole. At autopsy, intracellular and extracellular I. belli organisms were identified in the mucosa and lamina propria of small and large ...
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Abstract: OBJECTIVES: Diarrhoea is a common clinical presentation in Indian patients with AIDS. To determine spectrum and frequency of AIDS associated parasitic infections a prospective investigation was carried out in a tertiary level hospital in Mumbai. </p> <p><b>METHODOLOGY:</b> Between October 1994 and December 1996, faeca ...
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Abstract: BACKGROUND: In developing countries, Isospora belli and Cyclospora cayetanensis frequently cause chronic diarrhea in HIV-infected patients. OBJECTIVE: To compare 1 week of trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole treatment and 1 week of ciprofloxacin treatment in HIV-infected patients with chronic diarrhea caused by I. belli and ...
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Abstract: In order to examine differences in the prevalence of AIDS-defining conditions by race/ethnicity, we analyzed U.S. surveillance data for 203,470 adolescents and adults diagnosed with AIDS from 1988 through 1992. A number of AIDS-indicator conditions were more common among certain racial/ethnic groups. The prevalence of ...
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Abstract: An AIDS patient with multiple opportunistic infections (Candida, Pneumocystis carinii and Isospora belli) was identified at the University Hospital, Kuala Lumpur. The patient presented with profuse diarrhoea associated with lethargy, anorexia and weight loss. Routine stool examination showed Isospora belli oocysts. Th ...
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Abstract: Previous studies have found a high prevalence of Isospora belli and Cryptosporidium parvum infections in African acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) patients with chronic diarrhoea. We aimed to determine the prevalence of gastrointestinal parasite in AIDS patients in hospital, not only those with diarrhoea, and ...
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Abstract: <p><b>OBJECTIVES</b>: To evaluate the importance of alga-like organism (ALO) associated with chronic diarrhea (CD) in HIV-seropositive/AIDS (SP/AIDS) patients and their response to treatment (TX) with Trimethoprim (160mg). Sulfamethoxazole (800mg) (TMT-SMX).</p> <p><b>METHOD</b>: From 8/86 to 1/92, 2512 stool examin ...
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Abstract: The diagnosis of AIDS depends on laboratory identification of the opportunistic infecting organism(s) as well as on the detection of HIV antibodies, the presence of which are an essential part of an AIDS diagnosis in a patient infected with a less-common opportunistic pathogen. This demand for the services of patholog ...
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Abstract: OBJECTIVE: Identify differences in the distribution of opportunistic diseases in United States (US) AIDS cases born in developing countries. METHODS: AIDS cases reported to CDC through December, 1989 were stratified by transmission category and analyzed for frequency of opportunistic d ...
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Abstract: It is known that Isospora belli and Cryptosporidium sp are protozoa very frequently associated with acute self limited diarrheal illness in children and young adults. This evolution is not observed among immunocompromised individuals. This report shows the prevalence of Cryptosporidiosis and Isosporiasis in ...
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Abstract: Opportunistic Infections. HIV doesn't kill anybody directly. Instead, it weakens the body's ability to fight disease. Infections which are rarely seen in those with with normal immune systems are deadly to those with HIV.People with HIV can get many infections (called opportunistic infections, o ...
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Abstract: To determine the frequency of opportunistic parasitic and mycotic diseases in adult AIDS patients in the Congo, a study was conducted at l Hopital Universitaire de Brazzaville in 1986 and 1987. Diagnosis of AIDS was made using the WHO clinical definition for Africa (Bangui, 1985) and HIV seropositivity Pasteur Elisa t ...
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Abstract: Several protozoa have emerged as the major opportunistic infections and cause of death in patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia is the leading cause of death in AIDS patients. Electron microscopy (EM) usually shows numerous trophozoites and cysts of Pneumocystis fillin ...
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