Enteric parasites and HIV infection: occurrence in AIDS patients in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. NLM AIDSLINE Important note: Information in this article was accurate in 1991. The state of the art may have changed since the publication date.

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Enteric parasites and HIV infection: occurrence in AIDS patients in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz. 1989 Oct-Dec;84(4):527-33. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/91133270
Moura H; Fernandes O; Viola JP; Silva SP; Passos RH; Lima DB; Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Faculdade de Ciencias; Medicas, Departamento de Patologia e Laboratorios, Brasil.

Abstract: The occurrence of intestinal parasites, its relation with the transmission mechanism of HIV, and the clinical state of the AIDS patients, were analyzed in 99 Group IV patients (CDC, 1986), treated at Hospital Universitario Pedro Ernesto (HUPE), between 1986 and 1988. The group consisted of 79 (79.8%) patients whose HIV transmission mechanism took place through sexual contact and of 16 (20.2%) who were infected through blood. Feces samples from each patient were examined by four distincts methods (Faust et al., Kato-Katz, Baermann-Moraes and Baxby et al.). The most occurring parasites were: Cryptosporidium sp., Entamoeba coli and Endolimax nana (18.2%), Strongyloides stercoralis and Giardia lamblia (15.2%), E. histolytica and/or E. hartmanni (13.1%), Ascaris lumbricoides (11.1%) and Isospora belli (10.1%). Furthermore, 74.7% of the patients carried at least one species. Intestinal parasites were found in 78.5% of the patients who acquired the HIV through sexual intercourse and in 56.3% of those infected by blood contamination. The difference, was not statistically significant (p greater than 0.05). In the group under study, the increase of the occurrence of parasitic infections does not seem to depend on the acquisition of HIV through sexual contact. It appears that in developing countries, the dependency is more related to the classic mechanisms of parasites transmission and its endemicity.
Keywords: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/*COMPLICATIONS Adult Aged Brazil Female Human Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic/*COMPLICATIONS Male Middle Age Support, Non-U.S. Gov't JOURNAL ARTICLEKWDacquiredimmunodeficiencysyndrome/KWDcomplicationsadultagedbrazilfemalehumanintestinaldiseases,parasitic/KWDcomplicationsmalemiddleagesupport,non-uKWDsKWDgov'tjournalarticle
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