%0 Journal Article
%T Cryptosporidium and Strongyloides stercoralis infections among people with and without HIV infection and efficiency of diagnostic methods for Strongyloides in Yirgalem Hospital, southern Ethiopia
%A Amde Getaneh
%A Girmay Medhin
%A Techalew Shimelis
%J BMC Research Notes
%D 2010
%I BioMed Central
%R 10.1186/1756-0500-3-90
%X A cross-sectional study was conducted in Yirgalem Hospital, southern Ethiopia from March, 2007 to October, 2007. Demographic data and stool samples were collected from 384 individuals (192 from each HIV serogroup). Samples were processed using the modified Ziehl-Neelsen technique for detection of Cryptosporidium species. Stool samples were also processed using the direct saline mount, the formol-ether and the water-emergence techniques for diagnosis of S. stercoralis. The prevalence of Cryptosporidium and S. stercoralis among HIV infected individuals was 25% and 12.0%, respectively. HIV positive individuals had significantly higher rate of infection with Cryptosporidium (OR = 15.7; 95% CI 5.5 to 44.5) and S. stercoralis (OR = 6.4; 95% CI 2.2 to 18.9). Among the three diagnostic methods, the larvae of S. stercoralis were more efficiently detected by the water-emergence technique.In this study, the prevalence of Cryptosporidium and S. stercoralis infections was significantly higher among people with HIV/AIDS. Educating HIV infected individuals to prevent acquisition of Cryptosporidium infection and screening for S. stercoralis using the water-emergence technique is likely to be helpful.As the number of people living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) continues to increase, Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) remains to be a major global health priority and among the leading causes of death [1]. Diarrhea is one of the most common AIDS-related illnesses causing a significant morbidity and mortality in HIV-infected patients [2]. Viral, bacterial and parasitic infections frequently cause diarrhea though that of parasitic origin is prominent in patients with AIDS in developing countries [3].Cryptosporidium is one of ubiquitous protozoan parasites with worldwide distribution and it causes diarrhea in humans and animals. Transmission of this parasite is mainly through fecal-oral route, as well as through drinking contaminated water, person-to-person spread and con
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