Document 0178
 DOCN  M9480178
 TI    Symptomatic amebic colitis in a Japanese homosexual AIDS patient.
 DT    9410
 AU    Ohnishi K; Murata M; Okuzawa E; Department of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo
       Metropolitan Bokutoh; General Hospital.
 SO    Intern Med. 1994 Feb;33(2):120-2. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE
       MED/94289877
 AB    A 30-year-old Japanese homosexual AIDS patient was admitted to hospital
       because of Kaposi's sarcoma and mild diarrhea on February 4, 1993.
       Mud-like stool with blood and mucous was recognized after admission.
       Although serologic tests for Entamoeba histolytica were negative,
       trophozoites of E. histolytica were identified in his bloody stool.
       Daily doses of 1,000 mg of metronidazole were given orally for 6 days
       and then 750 mg for 4 days, and good results were observed. His CD4
       count was 19.5/mm3. Symptomatic amebic colitis was easily treated and
       good results were obtained even with the extremely diminished CD4 count.
       This is the first published report of symptomatic amebic colitis in an
       AIDS patient in Japan.
 DE    Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/*COMPLICATIONS  Adult  Animal
       Antibodies, Protozoan/BLOOD  Blood/PARASITOLOGY  Case Report  Dysentery,
       Amebic/*COMPLICATIONS/DRUG THERAPY/EPIDEMIOLOGY/  PARASITOLOGY
       Entamoeba histolytica/IMMUNOLOGY/ISOLATION & PURIF/PATHOGENICITY
       *Homosexuality  Human  Immunocompromised Host  Japan/EPIDEMIOLOGY  Male
       Metronidazole/THERAPEUTIC USE  Virulence  JOURNAL ARTICLE

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