Parasitological observations of chronic diarrhoea in suspected AIDS adult patients in Kinshasa (Zaire). NLM AIDSLINE Important note: Information in this article was accurate in 1987. The state of the art may have changed since the publication date.

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Parasitological observations of chronic diarrhoea in suspected AIDS adult patients in Kinshasa (Zaire).

Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg. 1986;80(2):309-10. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/87070983
Henry MC; De Clercq D; Lokombe B; Kayembe K; Kapita B; Mamba K; Mbendi N; Mazebo P

Abstract: The parasitological profile of chronic diarrhoea in 46 Zairian adults suspected of Aids demonstrated that the frequency of protozoa was five times higher than that of helminths; 86% of the protozoa were sporozoa: Isospora belli was the most frequent (19%), followed by Cryptosporidium isolated for the first time in Zaire (8%) and Blastocystis hominis (2%). 37 of the 46 patients were immunodeficient.
Keywords: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/*PARASITOLOGY Adult Cryptosporidium/ISOLATION & PURIF Diarrhea/*PARASITOLOGY Human Isospora/ISOLATION & PURIF Protozoa/ISOLATION & PURIF Yeasts/ISOLATION & PURIF Zaire JOURNAL ARTICLE

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