Entamoeba histolytica/Entamoeba dispar infections in human immunodeficiency virus-infected patients in the United States

Clin Infect Dis. 2000 Jun;30(6):955-9. doi: 10.1086/313811.

Abstract

We describe the incidence of and laboratory and clinical characteristics associated with Entamoeba histolytica/Entamoeba dispar infection diagnosed in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected persons enrolled in the Adult and Adolescent Spectrum of HIV Disease Project. From 1 January 1990 to 1 January 1998 (82, 518 person-years of follow-up), 111 patients (98% men) were diagnosed with E. histolytica/E. dispar infection. Among HIV-infected patients in the United States, the incidence of diagnosed E. histolytica disease is low (13.5 cases per 10,000 person-years [95% confidence interval, 7.7-22.2], with diagnosis most common in those patients exposed to HIV through male-male sex.

MeSH terms

  • AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / epidemiology*
  • AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / parasitology
  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Animals
  • Cohort Studies
  • Entamoeba / isolation & purification*
  • Entamoeba histolytica / isolation & purification*
  • Entamoebiasis / epidemiology*
  • Entamoebiasis / parasitology
  • Feces / parasitology
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Incidence
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Multivariate Analysis
  • Regression Analysis
  • Risk Factors
  • United States / epidemiology