Clinical and diagnostic aspects of intestinal microsporidiosis in HIV-infected patients with chronic diarrhea in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Aspectos clínicos e diagnósticos da microsporidiose intestinal em pacientes com infecção pelo HIV e diarréia crônica, no Rio de Janeiro, Brasil

Clinical and diagnostic aspects of intestinal microsporidiosis in HIV-infected patients with chronic diarrhea in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Aspectos clínicos e diagnósticos da microsporidiose intestinal em pacientes com infecção pelo HIV e diarréia crônica, no Rio de Janeiro, Brasil

The objectives of this study were to determine both the prevalence of microsporidial intestinal infection and the clinical outcome of the disease in a cohort of 40 HIV-infected patients presenting with chronic diarrhea in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Each patient, after clinical evaluation, had stools an...

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Main Authors: Patrícia BRASIL, Dirce Bonfim de LIMA, Daurita Darci de PAIVA, Maria Stella de Castro LOBO, Fernando Campos SODRÉ, Siudomar Pereira da SILVA, Erika Veríssimo VILLELA, Edson Jurado da SILVA, José Mauro PERALTA, Marisa MORGADO, Hercules MOURA
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo (USP) 2000-12-01
Series:Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
Subjects:
Microsporidia
AIDS
Chronic diarrhea
Enterocytozoon bieneusi
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