| high prevalence of giardiasis and stronglyloidiasis among hiv-infected patients in bahia, brazil. | diarrhea due to intestinal microbial infections is a frequent manifestation among hiv-infected patients. it has been postulated that hiv-infected patients may have special types of intestinal infections, and that immune activation from such parasites may affect the progression of hiv disease. to evaluate these associations, the frequency of infections was examined in hiv-infected patients in bahia, brazil. to determine the potential impact of the presence of intestinal parasitic infections on hi ... | 2001 | 12010598 |
| efficacy of parasitological methods for the diagnosis of strongyloides stercoralis and hookworm in faecal specimens. | to compare the efficacy of stool examination for the detection of strongyloides stercoralis and hookworm, a total of 634 stool samples from the routine laboratory service of the pharmacia faculty, federal university of bahia, brazil, were examined by agar plate culture (apc), baermann-moraes and spontaneous sedimentation. the sensitivity of agar plate culture, calculated by combining results of all 3 methods, was 95% for s. stercoralis and 77.6% for hookwoorm. moreover, apc had superior accuracy ... | 2011 | 21896267 |
| alterations in serum paraoxonase-1 activity and lipid profile in chronic alcoholic patients infected with strongyloides stercoralis. | the objective of this study was to investigate paraoxonase-1 (pon1) activity, cortisol levels, and the lipid profile in the sera of alcoholic and non-alcoholic strongyloides stercoralis-infected and uninfected individuals in a sample of 276 individuals attended at the national health system in salvador, bahia, brazil. the activity of pon1 was measured by the beltowski method, serum lipids, and cortisol levels using commercial kits. pon1 activity was low in both alcoholic and non-alcoholic indivi ... | 2017 | 27771420 |