Document 0237
 DOCN  M9460237
 TI    Enteric parasites and antibodies to human immunodeficiency virus in
       homosexual men with diarrhea.
 DT    9404
 AU    Tsaihong JC; Liou MY; Ma PC; Institute of Parasitology, National
       Yang-Ming Medical College,; Shih Pai, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China.
 SO    Kao Hsiung I Hsueh Ko Hsueh Tsa Chih. 1993 Oct;9(10):567-71. Unique
       Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/94180416
 AB    A total of 260 homosexual men with gastrointestinal illness, 77 of them
       with AIDS, were selected for a study of the prevalence of enteric
       parasites and its association with antibodies against human
       immuno-deficiency virus (HIV). HIV antibodies were demonstrated in the
       sera of all the AIDS patients and in 111 (60.7%) of the non-AIDS
       patients. In the AIDS patients, 39 (50.6%) of them had enteric parasites
       and 33 had a single parasite recorded. By contrast, 49 (26.8%) of the
       non-AIDS patients had enteric protozoa detected and 25 of them had a
       single parasite. The protozoa most frequently recovered from the
       non-AIDS and the AIDS patients were Endolimax nana and Cryptosporidium,
       respectively. These findings indicate that immune dysfunction in AIDS
       patients can enhance the colonization of parasites and alter the
       spectrum of the intestinal flora.
 DE    Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/IMMUNOLOGY  Diarrhea/BLOOD/*ETIOLOGY
       *Homosexuality  Human  HIV Antibodies/*BLOOD  Intestines/*PARASITOLOGY
       Male  JOURNAL ARTICLE

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