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Publication Details
AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
medicine
Persistent Diarrhea, Strongly Associated with HIV Infection in Kinshasa, Zaire
The American Journal of Gastroenterology, Volume 82, No. 9, Year 1987
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Description
Ninety‐eight (40%) of 243 acquired immune deficiency syndrome inpatients at Mama Yemo Hospital, Kinshasa, Zaire, presented with a history of diarrhea for at least 1 month. To determine the predictive value of persistent diarrhea for human immune deficiency virus (HIV) infection, 128 consecutive patients presenting at Mama Yemo Hospital with persistent diarrhea were tested for the presence of HIV antibodies. One‐hundred seven (84%) of the 128 patients with diarrhea lasting at least 1 month were found to be HIV seropositive. HIV seropositive patients with persistent diarrhea more often had a generalized papular pruritic eruption (p = 0.02), a genital herpes simplex infection (p = 0.05), a history of herpes zoster (p = 0.08), and infection with cryptosporidia (p = 0.006) than HIV seronegative patients with persistent diarrhea. Bacterial enteric pathogens were found in 5 (7%) of the 76 seropositive and in none of the 14 seronegative patients in whom stool cultures were performed. Presently persistent diarrhea in adults in central Africa is strongly associated with HIV infection, but the pathophysiological mechanisms causing this diarrhea remain unclear. Copyright © 1987, Wiley Blackwell. All rights reserved
Authors & Co-Authors
Colebunders, Robert Leon
Democratic Republic Congo, Kinshasa
Mama Yemo Hospital
Belgium, Antwerpen
Prins Leopold Instituut Voor Tropische Geneeskunde
United States, Bethesda
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Niaid
United States, Atlanta
National Center for Infectious Diseases
Francis, Henry L.
Democratic Republic Congo, Kinshasa
Mama Yemo Hospital
Belgium, Antwerpen
Prins Leopold Instituut Voor Tropische Geneeskunde
United States, Bethesda
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Niaid
United States, Atlanta
National Center for Infectious Diseases
Mann, Jonathan M.
Democratic Republic Congo, Kinshasa
Mama Yemo Hospital
Belgium, Antwerpen
Prins Leopold Instituut Voor Tropische Geneeskunde
United States, Bethesda
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Niaid
United States, Atlanta
National Center for Infectious Diseases
Bila, Kapita
Democratic Republic Congo, Kinshasa
Mama Yemo Hospital
Belgium, Antwerpen
Prins Leopold Instituut Voor Tropische Geneeskunde
United States, Bethesda
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Niaid
United States, Atlanta
National Center for Infectious Diseases
Izaley, L.
Democratic Republic Congo, Kinshasa
Mama Yemo Hospital
Belgium, Antwerpen
Prins Leopold Instituut Voor Tropische Geneeskunde
United States, Bethesda
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Niaid
United States, Atlanta
National Center for Infectious Diseases
Kimputu, Lusakumunu
Democratic Republic Congo, Kinshasa
Mama Yemo Hospital
Belgium, Antwerpen
Prins Leopold Instituut Voor Tropische Geneeskunde
United States, Bethesda
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Niaid
United States, Atlanta
National Center for Infectious Diseases
Behets, F.
Democratic Republic Congo, Kinshasa
Mama Yemo Hospital
Belgium, Antwerpen
Prins Leopold Instituut Voor Tropische Geneeskunde
United States, Bethesda
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Niaid
United States, Atlanta
National Center for Infectious Diseases
van der Groen, Guido S.R.
Democratic Republic Congo, Kinshasa
Mama Yemo Hospital
Belgium, Antwerpen
Prins Leopold Instituut Voor Tropische Geneeskunde
United States, Bethesda
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Niaid
United States, Atlanta
National Center for Infectious Diseases
Quinn, Thomas Charles
Democratic Republic Congo, Kinshasa
Mama Yemo Hospital
Belgium, Antwerpen
Prins Leopold Instituut Voor Tropische Geneeskunde
United States, Bethesda
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Niaid
United States, Atlanta
National Center for Infectious Diseases
Curran, James W.
Democratic Republic Congo, Kinshasa
Mama Yemo Hospital
Belgium, Antwerpen
Prins Leopold Instituut Voor Tropische Geneeskunde
United States, Bethesda
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Niaid
United States, Atlanta
National Center for Infectious Diseases
Piot, Peter K.
Democratic Republic Congo, Kinshasa
Mama Yemo Hospital
Belgium, Antwerpen
Prins Leopold Instituut Voor Tropische Geneeskunde
United States, Bethesda
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Niaid
United States, Atlanta
National Center for Infectious Diseases
Statistics
Citations: 101
Authors: 11
Affiliations: 4
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1111/j.1572-0241.1987.tb06032.x
e-ISSN:
15720241
Research Areas
Health System And Policy
Infectious Diseases
Sexual And Reproductive Health