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Document 0145
DOCN M9550145
TI Cryptosporidiosis among medical patients with the acquired
immunodeficiency syndrome in Tikur Anbessa Teaching Hospital, Ethiopia.
DT 9505
AU Mengesha B; Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Addis
Ababa; University, Ethiopia.
SO East Afr Med J. 1994 Jun;71(6):376-8. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE
MED/95136905
AB Fresh stool specimens, collected at random from 63 medical in-patients
with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), were studied
prospectively for Cryptosporidium oocyst. The diagnosis of AIDS was made
according to the clinical case definition of the Bangui criteria. These
patients presented with profuse watery diarrhoea, significant weight
loss and other associated symptoms and signs of clinical manifestations
of symptomatic human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. Using the
modified Kinyoun acid fast staining technique, 25(39.7%) of the stool
specimens were positive for Cryptosporidium oocyst. This study showed
that the protozoan, Cryptosporidium parvum, may be responsible for a
significant proportion of cases of chronic diarrhoea among AIDS patients
in Ethiopia.
DE Adolescence Adult AIDS-Related Opportunistic
Infections/COMPLICATIONS/*EPIDEMIOLOGY/ PARASITOLOGY Chronic Disease
Cryptosporidiosis/COMPLICATIONS/*EPIDEMIOLOGY/PARASITOLOGY
Diarrhea/ETIOLOGY Ethiopia/EPIDEMIOLOGY Feces/PARASITOLOGY Female
*Hospitals, Teaching Human Male Middle Age *Population Surveillance
Prospective Studies Weight Loss JOURNAL ARTICLE
SOURCE: National Library of Medicine. NOTICE: This material may be
protected by Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.Code).