| intestinal parasitic infections in hiv/aids patients presenting with diarrhoea in jakarta, indonesia. | we investigated the occurrence of intestinal parasites in indonesian hiv/aids patients with chronic diarrhoea prior to administering antiretroviral therapy. the influence of age, cd4(+) cell count and season on parasite occurrence was also studied. in total, 318 unconcentrated stool samples were analysed using lugol's iodine and modified acid fast staining to detect intestinal coccidia. most samples (94.5%) were from males aged 21-40 years with cd4(+) counts < or = 50 cells/mm(3). parasites were ... | 2009 | 19327806 |