TY - JOUR
T1 - Persistent diarrhea caused by Isospora belli
T2 - Therapeutic response to pyrimethamine and sulfadiazine
AU - Ebrahimzadeh, Adeleh
AU - Bottone, Edward J.
PY - 1996/10
Y1 - 1996/10
N2 - A 54-year-old human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-positive homosexual man developed overwhelming watery diarrhea and marked weight loss over a 3-week period. Although Entamoeba histolytica and other nonpathogenic enteric protozoa were observed along with Isospora belIi in this patient's stool specimens, they were promptly eradicated after metronidazole (flagyl) treatment. The presence of I. belli oocysts in various stages of development in the stool and clinical symptoms related to Isospora infection persisted for 10 more months despite treatment with combined chemotherapeutic agents. Clinical and parasitological resolution was ultimately achieved through an 8-week course of pyrimethamine and sulfadiazine.
AB - A 54-year-old human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-positive homosexual man developed overwhelming watery diarrhea and marked weight loss over a 3-week period. Although Entamoeba histolytica and other nonpathogenic enteric protozoa were observed along with Isospora belIi in this patient's stool specimens, they were promptly eradicated after metronidazole (flagyl) treatment. The presence of I. belli oocysts in various stages of development in the stool and clinical symptoms related to Isospora infection persisted for 10 more months despite treatment with combined chemotherapeutic agents. Clinical and parasitological resolution was ultimately achieved through an 8-week course of pyrimethamine and sulfadiazine.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0030265733&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/S0732-8893(96)00175-7
DO - 10.1016/S0732-8893(96)00175-7
M3 - Article
C2 - 8985661
AN - SCOPUS:0030265733
SN - 0732-8893
VL - 26
SP - 87
EP - 89
JO - Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease
JF - Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease
IS - 2
ER -