Detection of opportunistic and non-opportunistic intestinal parasites and liver flukes in HIV-positive and HIV-negative subjects.

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dc.contributor.authorPinlaor, Somchaien_US
dc.contributor.authorMootsikapun, Piroonen_US
dc.contributor.authorPinlaor, Porntipen_US
dc.contributor.authorPipitgool, Vichiten_US
dc.contributor.authorTuangnadee, Ruangsilen_US
dc.date.accessioned2009-05-27T15:19:48Z
dc.date.available2009-05-27T15:19:48Z
dc.date.issued2005-07-22en_US
dc.descriptionThe Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health.en_US
dc.description.abstractWe assessed the frequency and distribution of infection with opportunistic and non-opportunistic intestinal parasites and the liver fluke, Opisthorchis viverrini, in HIV-seropositive and HIV-seronegative subjects. Age- and sex-matched HIV-seropositive (n = 78) and HIV-seronegative patients (n = 78) from two hospitals in Khon Kaen Province, Thailand, participated in this study from November 1998 to August 2000. These subjects were divided according to the presence of diarrhea and CD4 counts. A single stool sample was obtained and analyzed by using specific techniques. Opisthorchis viverrini, was the most common parasite (19.2%) in each group. The prevalence rates of Cryptosporidium spp (11.5%) and Strongyloides stercoralis (17.9%) in the HIV-seropositive group were significantly (p < 0.05) higher than those in the HIV-seronegative group (1.0% for Cryptosporidium spp and 7.7% for S. stercoralis infections). The prevalences of these two parasites were 28% for Cryptosporidium spp and 20% for S. stercoralis in HIV-seropositives with diarrhea and CD4 counts lower than 100 cells/mm3, and were higher compared with patients without diarrhea or with high CD4 counts. These results suggest that infection with these parasites increases during HIV infection. The epidemiological distribution of Cryptosporidium and S. stercoralis may have implications for AIDS-related diseases.en_US
dc.description.affiliationDepartment of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen 40002, Thailand. psomec@kku.ac.then_US
dc.identifier.citationPinlaor S, Mootsikapun P, Pinlaor P, Pipitgool V, Tuangnadee R. Detection of opportunistic and non-opportunistic intestinal parasites and liver flukes in HIV-positive and HIV-negative subjects. The Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health. 2005 Jul; 36(4): 841-5en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/32508
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.source.urihttps://www.tm.mahidol.ac.th/seameo/2005_36_4/05-3453.pdfen_US
dc.subject.meshAIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections --complicationsen_US
dc.subject.meshAnimalsen_US
dc.subject.meshCD4 Lymphocyte Counten_US
dc.subject.meshCase-Control Studiesen_US
dc.subject.meshCryptosporidiosis --epidemiologyen_US
dc.subject.meshCryptosporidium --isolation & purificationen_US
dc.subject.meshDiarrhea --etiologyen_US
dc.subject.meshFasciola hepatica --isolation & purificationen_US
dc.subject.meshFascioliasis --epidemiologyen_US
dc.subject.meshFeces --parasitologyen_US
dc.subject.meshHIV Seronegativityen_US
dc.subject.meshHIV Seropositivity --complicationsen_US
dc.subject.meshHumansen_US
dc.subject.meshIntestinal Diseases, Parasitic --complicationsen_US
dc.subject.meshOpisthorchiasis --epidemiologyen_US
dc.subject.meshOpisthorchis --isolation & purificationen_US
dc.subject.meshPrevalenceen_US
dc.subject.meshStrongyloides stercoralis --isolation & purificationen_US
dc.subject.meshStrongyloidiasis --epidemiologyen_US
dc.subject.meshThailand --epidemiologyen_US
dc.titleDetection of opportunistic and non-opportunistic intestinal parasites and liver flukes in HIV-positive and HIV-negative subjects.en_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
dc.typeResearch Support, Non-U.S. Gov'ten_US
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