Table 2

Intestinal parasites found in stools of HIV- infected patients.

Number of infected cases


Organisms

CD4 ≥ 500/μL

CD4 200 -499/μL

CD4 < 200/μL

total


diarrhea

no

diarrhea

no

diarrhea

no


Hookworm eggs

3

1

1

1

2

0

8

Opisthorchis viverrini eggs

0

0

2

1

1

2

6

Ascaris lumbricoides eggs

0

1

2

0

3

2

8

Cryptosporidium

0

0

0

0

2

0

2

Isospora belli

0

0

0

0

2

1

3

Microsporidium parvum

0

0

0

0

1

0

1

Strongyloides stercolaris larva

0

0

0

1

1

0

2


Wiwanitkit BMC Gastroenterology 2001 1:3   doi:10.1186/1471-230X-1-3

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