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protozoan enteric infection in aids related diarrhea in thailand.the aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of enteric protozoa and other pathogens in aids patients with diarrhea in bangkok, thailand. of 288 consecutive patients screened in the 10 month period between november 1999-august 2000 inclusive, 55 (19.2%) had cryptosporidium spp, 13 (4.5%) had isospora oocyst, 11 (3.8%) had giardia lamblia, 3 (0.9%) had entamoeba histolytica, and 1 (0.3%) had iodamoeba butschlii infection. the prevalence of microsporidia was 11% in this study. of 251 pati ...200112041580
prevalence of parasitic infections among thai patients at the king chulalongkorn memorial hospital, bangkok, thailand.parasitic diseases are still considered to be a major public health problem. most patients with parasitic infections are asymptomatic and therefore remain undetected. asymptomatic parasitic infections are usually discovered by routine parasite examination. to determine the result of parasite examination at the parasitology unit, out patient department, king chulalongkorn memorial hospital, bangkok, thailand, the authors collected the data of individuals examined for parasite infections from june ...200212188445
prevalence of blastocystis hominis infection in asymptomatic individuals from bangkok, thailand.fresh stool examination was performed from 2,230 participants who enrolled in annual check-up programs of the faculty of medical technology, mahidol university in 1999-2000 and 2004. in this study, blastocystis hominis infection was diagnosed by culturing in jones' media. a total of 21% of fecal specimens (in 1999-2000) and 13.7% (in 2004) were positive for b. hominis. the vacuolated form was the predominant form found in culture solution after 48 hours of incubation. the distribution of infecti ...200516438173
immunocompromised group differences in the presentation of intestinal strongyloidiasis.the hospital records of 213 outpatients from bangkok, thailand, infected with strongyloides stercoralis as determined by stool inspections were examined retrospectively for the different clinical presentations ascribed to patients with hiv, those with chronic illness, those who used immunosuppressant drugs and relatively healthy subjects. for hiv patients with strongyloidiasis, the most common symptoms were chronic diarrhea, fever, persistent coughing and loss of weight, but only the first three ...200818219126
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