TY - JOUR
T1 - Intestinal microsporidiosis in Italian individuals with AIDS
AU - Voglino, M. C.
AU - Donelli, G.
AU - Rossi, P.
AU - Ludovisi, A.
AU - Rinaldi, V.
AU - Goffredo, F.
AU - Paloscia, R.
AU - Pozio, E.
PY - 1996
Y1 - 1996
N2 - A survey on microsporidiosis in individuals with AIDS presenting chronic diarrhoea was carried out in Italy, over a four-year period (1992-1995). Three out of 72 (4.2%) individuals were found positive, on intestinal biopsies, for Enterocytozoon bieneusi by light microscopy and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). Sixteen individuals with AIDS, from a second group of subjects, were confirmed positive, by TEM, for intestinal microsporidiosis due to Enterocytozoon bieneusi. Of these 19 cases, 10 (52.6%) were homosexual men. Two of these individuals, under albendazole treatment, showed also spores with unusual features. The prevalence of intestinal microsporidiosis (12-50%) reported in European countries, Australia and North America, where homosexuality is the major HIV risk factor (63-77%), is higher than in Italy, where homosexual men represent only 16% of the total number of AIDS cases.
AB - A survey on microsporidiosis in individuals with AIDS presenting chronic diarrhoea was carried out in Italy, over a four-year period (1992-1995). Three out of 72 (4.2%) individuals were found positive, on intestinal biopsies, for Enterocytozoon bieneusi by light microscopy and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). Sixteen individuals with AIDS, from a second group of subjects, were confirmed positive, by TEM, for intestinal microsporidiosis due to Enterocytozoon bieneusi. Of these 19 cases, 10 (52.6%) were homosexual men. Two of these individuals, under albendazole treatment, showed also spores with unusual features. The prevalence of intestinal microsporidiosis (12-50%) reported in European countries, Australia and North America, where homosexuality is the major HIV risk factor (63-77%), is higher than in Italy, where homosexual men represent only 16% of the total number of AIDS cases.
KW - AIDS
KW - Enterocytozoon bieneusi
KW - HIV
KW - Microsporidiosis
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M3 - Article
C2 - 8937939
AN - SCOPUS:0029801307
VL - 28
SP - 381
EP - 386
JO - Italian Journal of Gastroenterology
JF - Italian Journal of Gastroenterology
SN - 0392-0623
IS - 7
ER -