Demonstration of Isospora belli by acid-fast stain in a patient with acquired immune deficiency syndrome

Demonstration of Isospora belli by acid-fast stain in a patient with acquired immune deficiency syndrome.

Isospora belli, like Cryptosporidium sp., a sporozoan parasite of the small intestine, has been isolated from both immunodeficient and immunologically normal persons. In immunocompetent persons the infection may be asymptomatic; it frequently causes mild and self-limited diarrhea. The spectrum of the disease in persons with acquired immune deficiency syndrome is not well established. I. belli d...

Isospora belli in a patient with liver transplantation.

Isospora belli is an opportunistic protozoon which should be monitored in patients with gastrointestinal complaints such as abdominal pain, nausea and diarrhoea, in both immune-compromised and immune-competent patients. Our case was a 35 year-old male patient who had received a liver transplant because of cirrhosis and hepatic fibrosis. A diarrhoeic stool sample of the patient was sent to the l...

Isospora belli Infection with Chronic Diarrhea in an Alcoholic Patient

Chronic diarrhea with a 35 kg weight loss (75 kg to 40 kg) occurred during 2 years in an alcoholic patient was diagnosed with Isospora belli infection in the Republic of Korea. The patient, a 70-year old Korean male, had been a heavy drinker for more than 30 years. He was admitted to the Seoul National University Hospital because of long-standing diarrhea and severe weight loss. He had an incre...

Acquired immune deficiency syndrome.

The first Australian case of acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS), which occurred in a 27-year-old homosexual man, is reported. The patient, an American citizen now resident in Sydney, presented with life-threatening pulmonary consolidation. AIDS is characterized by severe defects in cell-mediated immunity associated with infections and neoplasms (most commonly Pneumocystis carinii pneumo...

Acquired immune deficiency syndrome.