Table 2.
The associations between type of diarrhoea, parasites isolated and CD4 counts of 366 AIDS patients.
| Parasites isolated | CD4 cells < 200 cells/μl |
CD4 cells 200–350 cells/μl |
CD4 cells 350–500 cells/μl |
Total | |||
| Acute cases | Chronic cases | Acute cases | Chronic cases | Acute cases | Chronic cases | ||
| n = 57 | n = 179 | n = 34 | n = 42 | n = 21 | n = 33 | ||
| Cryptosporidium spp. | 38/57 (66.6%) | 56/179 (31.2%) | 11/34 (32.3%) | 20/42 (47.6%) | 8/21 (38%) | 13/33 (39.3%) | 146 |
| Microsporidia spp. | 15/57 (26.3%) | 68/179 (37.9%) | 5/34 (14.7%) | 7/42 (16.6%) | 3/21 (14.2%) | -- | 98 |
| Cyclospora spp. | 4/57 (7.0%) | 43/179 (24.0%) | 3/34 (8.8%) | 28/42 (66.6%) | 5/21 (23.8%) | 5/33 (15.5%) | 88 |
| Giardia spp. | 11/57 (19.3%) | 7/179 (3.91%) | 8/34 (23.5%) | 4/42 (9.5%) | 4/21 (19.5%) | 3/33 (9.5%) | 37 |
| Entamoeba spp. | 4/57 (7%) | 1/179 (0.5%) | 5/34 (14.7%) | -- | 1/21 (4.7%) | -- | 11 |
| Isospora belli | -- | 2/179 (1.1%) | -- | -- | -- | -- | 2 |
| Hookworm | 1/57 (1.7%) | 6/179 (3.3%) | -- | 5/42 (11.9%) | 2/21 (9.5%) | 3/33 (9%) | 17 |
| Trichuris trichiura | -- | 3/179 (1.6%) | 4/34 (11.7%) | -- | 2/21 (9.5%) | -- | 9 |
| H. nana | -- | 1/179 (0.5%) | -- | 1/42 (2.3%) | -- | -- | 2 |
| Total | 73 | 187 | 36 | 65 | 25 | 24 | 410 |
Figures in parentheses express the percentage (%) of parasites isolated.