Document 0688
 DOCN  M9650688
 TI    Prevalence of enteric parasitic infection among HIV-infected attendees
       of an inner city AIDS clinic.
 DT    9605
 AU    Esfandiari A; Jordan WC; Brown CP; Dept. of Otolaryngology, Drew
       University of Medicine and Science,; Los Angeles, CA 90059, USA.
 SO    Cell Mol Biol (Noisy-le-grand). 1995;41 Suppl 1:S19-23. Unique
       Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/96171631
 AB    One hundred individuals confirmed to be infected with the human
       immunodeficiency virus (HIV), volunteered to participate in a pilot
       study comparing clinical status and enteric parasite burden with race,
       age, CD4 levels, risk factors and sexual practice. The prevalence of
       enteric parasites was 55 (55%) for Giardia lamblia, 6 (6%) for
       Cryptosporidium, 10 (10%) for Isospora belli and 3 (3%) for Entamoeba
       histolytica. There was no associations between demographic variables and
       the presence of parasites. The presence of giardia was significantly
       associated with anal-penile sex (P = .017), with an odds ratio of 2.9. A
       logistic regression model was used to explain the presence of any
       parasite by a number of sexual practices. The only practice found to be
       significant was anal-penile sex, which substantially increased the
       likelihood of the presence of the parasites. In this regression, 38.5%
       of pairs were concordant and 12.2% were discordant. These findings
       differed from surveys conducted in similar populations. The significance
       of this will be discussed in the context of medical service provision to
       this and similar populations.
 DE    Adult  Ambulatory Care Facilities/*STATISTICS & NUMER DATA  Animal
       Blood Transfusion  Coccidiosis/EPIDEMIOLOGY  Comorbidity
       Cryptosporidiosis/EPIDEMIOLOGY  Entamoebiasis/EPIDEMIOLOGY  Ethnic
       Groups  Female  Giardiasis/EPIDEMIOLOGY  Human  HIV
       Infections/*EPIDEMIOLOGY  Intestinal Diseases,
       Parasitic/*EPIDEMIOLOGY/PARASITOLOGY  Isospora  Los Angeles/EPIDEMIOLOGY
       Male  Microsporida  Middle Age  Pilot Projects  Prevalence  Risk Factors
       Sex Behavior/STATISTICS & NUMER DATA  Substance Abuse,
       Intravenous/EPIDEMIOLOGY  Support, Non-U.S. Gov't  Urban Population
       JOURNAL ARTICLE

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