Document 0381
 DOCN  M9650381
 TI    [Microsporidiosis in patients with chronic diarrhea and AIDS, in HIV
       asymptomatic patients and in patients with acute diarrhea]
 DT    9605
 AU    Weitz JC; Botehlo R; Bryan R; Departamento de Medicina, Facultad de
       Medicina (Campus Oriente),; Universidad de Chile, Santiago de Chile.
 SO    Rev Med Chil. 1995 Jul;123(7):849-56. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE
       MED/96093577
 AB    Microsporidia are intracellular protozoa that mainly affect AIDS
       patients and chronic diarrhea, caused by the strains Enterocytozoon
       bieneusi and Septata intestinalis, is the most common clinical
       manifestation. The diagnosis is made in intestinal biopsies, however the
       recently developed trichromic stain with chromotrope 2R, is able to
       detect microsporidia in stools and has a good correlation with the
       biopsy. Using this technique, we studied 43 asymptomatic HIV infected
       subjects, 89 AIDS patients with chronic diarrhea and 186 patients with
       acute diarrhea as controls. Thirty-three percent of patients with AIDS,
       16.3% of HIV infected subjects and none of the individuals with acute
       diarrhea had microsporidia in their stools (p < 0.05). In 15 patients
       with AIDS we detected intermitted stool microsporidia shedding; this
       finding should encourage repetitive examinations in negative cases. The
       trichromic stain for microsporidia is proposed as a routine test in AIDS
       patients with diarrhea.
 DE    Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/*COMPLICATIONS/PARASITOLOGY  Acute
       Disease  Adolescence  Adult  Aged  Aged, 80 and over  Child  Child,
       Preschool  Diarrhea/*COMPLICATIONS/PARASITOLOGY  English Abstract
       Feces/PARASITOLOGY  Female  Human  HIV Infections/COMPLICATIONS  Infant
       Male  Microspora Infections/*COMPLICATIONS  Middle Age  JOURNAL ARTICLE

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