Liesenfeld O, Ullrich R, Zeitz M, Heise W, Ruf B; International Conference on AIDS.
Int Conf AIDS. 1993 Jun 6-11; 9: 441 (abstract no. PO-B19-1838).
Institute of Med. Microbiology, Free University of Berlin.
Infections of the gastrointestinal tract are frequent in patients with AIDS. Bacterial and protozoal pathogens are among the leading etiologies of enteric infections in these patients. An extensive microbiological evaluation of stool samples and intestinal biopsy specimens was conducted within the Diarrhea-Wasting-Syndrome-study in Berlin to determine the spectrum and prevalence of enteropathogenic bacteria and protozoa. From July 1991 to December 1992 1269 samples of 210 AIDS-patients with or without gastrointestinal symptoms were examined. Enteric pathogens showed a prevalence of 20.9% in all patients examined. Mycobacteria (14), Salmonella (8), Clostridium difficile-Toxin (7), Campylobacter (2), Shigella (1), Yersinia (1); Microsporidia (5), Giardia lamblia (4) and Cryptosporidia (2) could be detected. The results of the microbiological evaluation were correlated with clinical and immunological data, thus indicating a high prevalence of enteric pathogens in AIDS-patients with gastrointestinal symptoms.
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Keywords:
- Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
- Animals
- Berlin
- Campylobacter
- Cryptosporidium
- Diarrhea
- Giardia lamblia
- Humans
- Prevalence
- Protozoa
- Protozoan Infections
- Salmonella Infections
- Shigella
- microbiology
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UI: 102204800
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