Abstract

SANTANA ANE, MERCEDES; VILLAVERDE ANE, BIARDA; MORALES LANDROVE, AMAURY  and  PEREZ AVILA, JORGE. Infección por VIH e isosporiasis: Presentación de un caso. Rev Cubana Med Trop [online]. 1997, vol.49, n.2, pp. 142-144. ISSN 1561-3054.

A HIV seropositive patient with chronic diarrheic syndrome, in which oocysts of Isospora belli were detected in feces by the modified technique of Ziehl-Neelsen was studied. Other coproparasitological techniques were applied and cultures were applied made with negative results. Any other infectious origin was excluded from the picture. The patient was treated with 2 tablets of Cotrimoxazole (trimethoprin 80 mg, sulphamethoxazole 400 mg) every 6 hours for ten days, with referral of the symptoms.

Keywords : HIV INFECTIONS [complications]; DIARRHEA [etiology]; FECES [chemistry]; ISOSPORA [analysis]; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS [etiology].