National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS)
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PRINT ISSN : 2319-7692
Online ISSN : 2319-7706 Issues : 12 per year Publisher : Excellent Publishers Email : editorijcmas@gmail.com / submit@ijcmas.com Editor-in-chief: Dr.M.Prakash Index Copernicus ICV 2018: 95.39 NAAS RATING 2020: 5.38 |
The association between intestinal parasitic infections and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection is well documented. These infections are often correlated with the CD4+T cell counts of the individuals To study the opportunistic intestinal infections in HIV sero positive patients attending both in- patients and out- patients department VIMS hospital, Ballari Study included Samples of adult and paediatric in- patients of both sexes with confirmed HIV infection with and without diarrhoea attending VIMS hospital, Ballari . CD4 counts were estimated using FACS count system . Study period was from January 1st 2014 to December 30th 2014 .Direct microscopy by saline wet mount and Iodine wet mount was done for identifying parasitic ova, cysts and trophozoites. Modified Z-N staining was done to identify acid fast structures. Out of 120 samples collected 54 (45%) samples were found positive for parasitological examination .Among 54 positive samples 28 samples (23.33%) showed Cryptosporidium parvum followed by 14 samples (11.66%) Entameoba histolityca & Isospora belli 5(4.16%) ,Taenia 5 (4.16%) & Giardia lamblia 2 (1.66%) sample. The prevalence of intestinal parasitic infections remains significant in HIV-infected patients with low CD4 counts < 200cells/micro litre.
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