ArticleBMC research notes2016
Enteric parasitic infection among HIV-infected patients visiting Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital, Nepal.
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- Association between Blastocystis sp. infection and immunocompromised patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Environmental science and pollution research international · 2021Pooled it
- The Coexistence ofBiology · 2021Review
- Prevalence and genetic characteristics of Blastocystis hominis and Cystoisospora belli in HIV/AIDS patients in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China.Scientific reports · 2021Article
- Risk factors for Blastocystis infection in HIV/AIDS patients with highly active antiretroviral therapy in Southwest China.Infectious diseases of poverty · 2019Article
- Evaluation of risk factors associated to detection of Blastocystis sp. in fecal samples in population from Barcelona, Spain: a case-control study.European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology · 2019Article
- Opportunistic Respiratory Infections in HIV Patients Attending Sukraraj Tropical and Infectious Diseases Hospital in Kathmandu, Nepal.HIV/AIDS (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2019Article
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Abstract
backgroundEnteric parasitic infection among human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) patients has been a significant health problem in developing countries like Nepal. This study was undertaken to access the burden of enteric parasites among HIV patients and its association with their immune status.
methodsA cross-sectional study, involving 112 HIV sero-positive patients was conducted in Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital, Public Health Research Laboratory, Kathmandu, Nepal from July 2011 to June 2012. The fecal samples were processed by direct-smear technique, in both normal saline solution and 1% iodine solution as well as modified acid fast staining (Kinyoun's method) after formalin ether concentration and Sheather's sucrose flotation for the identification of enteric parasites.
resultsInfection with one or more parasite was seen in 33.9% (n = 38) of the cases enrolled in the study, with the parasite prevalence rate of 41.1% (n = 46). Literacy (OR = 1.9, 95% CI 0.9-4.3) and CD4 T-cell count <200 (OR = 2.5, 95% CI 1.1-5.7) were found to be associated with enteric parasite infection. Similarly, CD4 T-cell count <200 was found to be associated with opportunistic parasitic infection (OR = 3.2, 95% CI 1.2-7.8). Among opportunistic parasites, Giardia duodenalis was the most common (28.3%, n = 13) one. Multi-parasitism was observed in six patients (15.8%).
conclusionEnteric parasitic infections are common in HIV-infected people. The poor immune status as indicated by low CD4 T-cell count may account for higher risk of both opportunistic and non-opportunistic enteric parasitic infection.
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