Opportunistic digestive parasitic infections in adults infected with HIV: epidemiological expression
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Results Among the 70 patients involved, the average age was 37 years with a slight male predominance. The median CD4 was 62cel/mm 3. Digestive opportunistic parasitic were indicative of HIV infection in 54 cases (77%) and in 16 cases (23%) they occurred at the waning of treatment failure. All patients had diarrhea. These opportunistic parasitic agents were isolated only in 56 cases: the cryptosporidiosis (40%), microsporidia (31%), Isospora belli (6%) and Cyclospora (3%). They were associated in 14 cases including Cryptosporidiosis+ Microsporidiosis (18.57%) and Cryptosporidiosis+ Isosporiasis (1.43%) in HARRT the outcome was favorable for 86% of patients (n = 60) and mortality was 14% (n=10).
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