Research Journal of Medical Sciences
ISSN: Online 1993-6095ISSN: Print 1815-9346
Abstract
Since the beginning of the HIV pandemic, opportunistic infections have been recognized as common complications of HIV infection. Among these opportunistic infections, gastrointestinal tract (GIT) infections are very common in patients with HIV infection or AIDS. Present study was aimed to study enteroparasitic pathogens among HIV seropositive patients at a tertiary hospital. Present study was single‐center, prospective conducted in patients of age 19‐60 years, either gender, HIV seropositive with and without diarrhea. In present study, 140 PLHIV subjects were studied. Majority were male (65.71%), from 40‐49 years age group (32.86%). Mean age of study subjects was 47.8±11.4 years. Among PLHIV subjects, majority had CD4 T cell count > 500 cells μL-1 (42.14%) followed by 200‐500 cells μL-1 (32.14%) and <200 cells μL-1 (25.71%). Among PLHIV subjects, 78 were symptomatic (55.71%) while remaining were asymptomatic (44.29%). Among symptomatic subjects, majority had chronic diarrhea (47.86 %) as compared to subjects with acute diarrhea (7.86 %). Parasitic infestation was noted common in CD4 T cell count <200 cells μL-1 (80.56%), 200‐499 cells μL-1 (40%) and > 500 cells μL-1 (8.47%). Common protozoas noted were Cryptosporidium spp. (17.86%), Isospora spp. (5.71%), Cyclospora spp. (2.14%), G. lamblia 4 (2.86%) and E. histolytica (2.14%). While helminths noted were S. stercoralis (2.86%), A. lumbricoides (1.43%), A. duodenale (1.43%) and Taenia spp. (0.71%). Parasitic infections were detected in 37 % of the HIV infected patients and a low CD4 count was significantly associated with an parasitic infection.
How to cite this article:
Ashwini S. Waghmare and Chandrakant Chillargi. Study of Enteroparasitic Pathogens Among HIV Seropositive Patients at A Tertiary Hospital.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.36478/10.59218/makrjms.2023.10.101.105
URL: https://www.makhillpublications.co/view-article/1815-9346/10.59218/makrjms.2023.10.101.105