Prevalence of intestinal parasitic infestation in HIV/AIDS patients with diarrhea in Madurai City, South India

Ramakrishnan, K and Shenbagarathai, R and Uma, A and Kavitha, K and Rajendran, R and Thirumalaikolundu Subramanian , P (2007) Prevalence of intestinal parasitic infestation in HIV/AIDS patients with diarrhea in Madurai City, South India. Japanese Journal of Infectious Disease, 60 (4). pp. 209-210. ISSN Print: 1344-6304; Online: 1884-2836

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Abstract

The prevakence and pattern of parasitic infestation among 80 HIV/AIDS paitents with diarrhea in Madurai, south India, was studied by microscopy. Eighty HIV-negative patients were used as controls. Intestinal parasites were detected in 31 HIV/AIDS patients (38.7%) and in 14 (17.5%) HIV-negative patients, a difference that was statistically signficiant ( P < 0.05). In HIV/AIDS patients with diarrhea, protozoa accounted for the majority of diarrhea cases ( Entamoeba spp. 37.5%, Cryptosporidium parvum 28.7%). It is therefore suggested that enteric infections are more common in HIV-infected patients than in HIV-negative persons in south India, and this may be due to differences in immunological profile, susceptibility as well as factors related to sanitation and the environment.

Item Type:	Article
Subjects:	Tuberculosis > Operational Research
Divisions:	Epidemiology
Depositing User:	Dr. Rathinasabapati R
Date Deposited:	09 Jan 2014 10:33
Last Modified:	09 Mar 2016 04:48
URI:	http://eprints.nirt.res.in/id/eprint/822

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