Natural History of Intestinal Microsporidiosis among Patients Infected with Human Immunodeficiency Virus

AUTOR(ES)

Dascomb, Kristin

FONTE

American Society for Microbiology

RESUMO

A chart review of 73 human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected patients with enteric microsporidiosis was conducted to define the natural history of microsporidiosis. A substantial proportion of patients remained symptomatic after 6 months (54.8% with persistent diarrhea and 51.2% with weight loss). Predictors for persistent diarrhea included high HIV RNA viral load and no initiation of protease inhibitor therapy.

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