A CASE OF COINFECTION BALANTIDIUM-COLI HIV IN FRENCH-GUIANA

Authors
CLYTI E AZNAR C COUPPIE P ELGUEDJ M CARME B PRADINAUD R
Citation
E. Clyti et al., A CASE OF COINFECTION BALANTIDIUM-COLI HIV IN FRENCH-GUIANA, Bulletin de la Societe de pathologie exotique et de ses filiales, 91(4), 1998, pp. 309-311
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Tropical Medicine","Public, Environmental & Occupation Heath",Pathology
Journal title
Bulletin de la Societe de pathologie exotique et de ses filiales → ACNP
ISSN journal
00379085
Volume
91
Issue
4
Year of publication
1998
Pages
309 - 311
Database
ISI
SICI code
0037-9085(1998)91:4<309:ACOCBH>2.0.ZU;2-8
Abstract
A case of balantidial dysentery is reported in a patient infected with the HIV in French Guiana. This case is the first described in medical literature. The patient presented also a disseminated histoplasmosis. Immunosuppression probably favoured the evolution of asymptomatic car riage to clinical dysentery. This clinical case did not present any co mplications. Treatment with doxycycline had to be carried out for 20 d ays in order to obtain a clinical and parasitological cure.