Chawla Rohit, Ichhpujani R L
Centre for AIDS and Related Diseases, National Center for Disease Control, New Delhi, India.
Trop Parasitol. 2011 Jan;1(1):15-9. doi: 10.4103/2229-5070.72112.
Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infection causes progressive damage to both limbs of the immune system, which results in a plethora of opportunistic infections. Among the various opportunistic infections, gastrointestinal infections are very common in HIV / Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS). Opportunistic spore-forming protozoal parasites, namely, Cryptosporidium parvum, Isospora belli, Cyclospora cayetanensis, and Microsporidia, play a major role in causing chronic diarrhea, accompanied with weight loss, in patients with HIV / AIDS. The purpose of this review is to discuss the salient microbiological, clinical, and diagnostic aspects of important enteric spore-forming opportunistic parasites in HIV / AIDS.
人类免疫缺陷病毒(HIV)感染会对免疫系统的两个分支造成渐进性损害,从而导致大量机会性感染。在各种机会性感染中,胃肠道感染在HIV/获得性免疫缺陷综合征(AIDS)中非常常见。机会性形成孢子的原生动物寄生虫,即微小隐孢子虫、贝氏等孢球虫、卡耶塔环孢子虫和微孢子虫,在导致HIV/AIDS患者慢性腹泻并伴有体重减轻方面起主要作用。本综述的目的是讨论HIV/AIDS中重要的肠道形成孢子的机会性寄生虫的显著微生物学、临床和诊断方面。