Document 0145
 DOCN  M9550145
 TI    Cryptosporidiosis among medical patients with the acquired
       immunodeficiency syndrome in Tikur Anbessa Teaching Hospital, Ethiopia.
 DT    9505
 AU    Mengesha B; Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Addis
       Ababa; University, Ethiopia.
 SO    East Afr Med J. 1994 Jun;71(6):376-8. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE
       MED/95136905
 AB    Fresh stool specimens, collected at random from 63 medical in-patients
       with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), were studied
       prospectively for Cryptosporidium oocyst. The diagnosis of AIDS was made
       according to the clinical case definition of the Bangui criteria. These
       patients presented with profuse watery diarrhoea, significant weight
       loss and other associated symptoms and signs of clinical manifestations
       of symptomatic human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. Using the
       modified Kinyoun acid fast staining technique, 25(39.7%) of the stool
       specimens were positive for Cryptosporidium oocyst. This study showed
       that the protozoan, Cryptosporidium parvum, may be responsible for a
       significant proportion of cases of chronic diarrhoea among AIDS patients
       in Ethiopia.
 DE    Adolescence  Adult  AIDS-Related Opportunistic
       Infections/COMPLICATIONS/*EPIDEMIOLOGY/  PARASITOLOGY  Chronic Disease
       Cryptosporidiosis/COMPLICATIONS/*EPIDEMIOLOGY/PARASITOLOGY
       Diarrhea/ETIOLOGY  Ethiopia/EPIDEMIOLOGY  Feces/PARASITOLOGY  Female
       *Hospitals, Teaching  Human  Male  Middle Age  *Population Surveillance
       Prospective Studies  Weight Loss  JOURNAL ARTICLE

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