Entamoeba histolytica/Entamoeba dispar Infections in Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Infected Patients in the United States
Open Access
- 1 June 2000
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Clinical Infectious Diseases
- Vol. 30 (6), 955-959
- https://doi.org/10.1086/313811
Abstract
We describe the incidence of and laboratory and clinical characteristics associated with Entamoeba histolytica/Entamoeba dispar infection diagnosed in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected persons enrolled in the Adult and Adolescent Spectrum of HIV Disease Project. From 1 January 1990 to 1 January 1998 (82,518 person-years of follow-up), 111 patients (98% men) were diagnosed with E. histolytica/E. dispar infection. Among HIV-infected patients in the United States, the incidence of diagnosed E. histolytica disease is low (13.5 cases per 10,000 person-years [95% confidence interval, 7.7–22.2], with diagnosis most common in those patients exposed to HIV through male-male sex.Keywords
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