A study of the prevalence of intestinal parasitic infection in HIV positive individuals in Mashhad, Northeast Iran
| Author | Fariba Berenji | en |
| Author | Mohammad Reza Sarvghad | en |
| Author | Abdolmajid Fata | en |
| Author | Zahra Hosseininejad | en |
| Author | Elena Saremi | en |
| Author | Majid Ganjbakhsh | en |
| Author | Robabeh Izadi Jahanparvar | en |
| Author | en | |
| Issued Date | 2010-04-30 | en |
| Abstract | Introduction and objective: Intestinal parasitic infection is an important problem in the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)-infected patients. The aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence of intestinal parasitic infections among HIV+ patients in Mashhad, Iran. Materials and methods: A coproparasitological study was conducted from October 2005 to August 2006 at Emam Reza hospital, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Iran. It was carried out on 31 HIV+ patients admitted at the HIV clinic and 20 HIV-negative individuals as control group using direct and formalin-ether sedimentation concentration methods, trichrome and acid-fast staining. Results: Overall prevalence of intestinal parasites among HIV+ population was 67.7% and in control group was 55% without significant difference between the two groups. More specifically, the following parasites were identified in HIV+ group: Giardia lamblia 22.6%, Blastocystis hominis 22.6%, Chilomastics mesnili 22.6%, Entamoeba coli 9.7%, and Entromonas 3.2%. In the control group Entromonas (45%), B. hominis (15%), E. coli (10%), G. lamblia (5%), and Hymenolepis nana (10%). However, the prevalence of G. lamblia, B. hominis and C. mesnili was greater for HIV+ patients (p | en |
| DOI | https://doi.org/ | en |
| Keyword | HIV+ Patients | en |
| Keyword | Intestinal parasites | en |
| Keyword | Giardia lamblia | en |
| Keyword | Blastocystis hominis | en |
| Keyword | Chilomastics mesnili | en |
| Publisher | Brieflands | en |
| Title | A study of the prevalence of intestinal parasitic infection in HIV positive individuals in Mashhad, Northeast Iran | en |
| Type | Research Article | en |
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