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Query: UMLS:C0740441 (acute diarrhea)
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A study was conducted at the Ndola Central Hospital, Zambia, in 1987 to determine whether human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection increases the risk or severity of infection with falciparum malaria in patients aged 12 years and over. The 170 patients examined all presented with symptoms suggestive of malaria, including fever, chills, rigors, headaches, joint pains, myalgia, acute diarrhea, and vomiting. 67 (39%) were diagnosed as having falciparum malaria and 28 (17%) were positive for the HIV antibody. The prevalence of malarial parasitemia in patients with HIV antibodies was lower than that in patients without such antibodies (29% versus 42%, respectively), and differences in densities of parasites also failed to provide evidence of increased susceptibility to malaria in patients infected in HIV. There were no significant differences in antibody titers to P falciparum in patients who were positive for HIV antibody and in those who were negative, whether or not they had parasitemia. The earlier finding of a significant association between malaria and HIV infection is now believed attributable to false positive results with the 1st enzyme linked immunosorbent assays and to interpretation difficulties with the Western blot test. Of interest is the fact that 20 patients in this study had symptoms suggestive of malaria, but had negative results for parasites and positive results for HIV antibody. This indicates that many patients with HIV infection may be presenting with an illness clinically similar to malaria before acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)-related complex or AIDS is recognizable.
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PMID:Relation between falciparum malaria and HIV seropositivity in Ndola, Zambia. 304 86

There is a considerable amount of speculations concerning the presence of symptoms mainly diarrhea in various bacterial and parasitic infections. Among a youth group with acute diarrhea, many bacterial and parasitic diseases were detected. The bacterial causes were Campylobacter jejuni, Shigella sp. Entero-toxigenic, Escherichia coli, Salmonella sp. and Aeromonas hydrophila. The parasitic causes were Cryptosporidium parvum, Entamoeba histolytica, Giardia lamblia and Strongyloides stercoralis. Many accompanying symptoms were fever, headache, anorexia, vomiting, malaise, and myalgia, but cannot be used for diagnostic certainty among viral, bacterial, and protozoan causes. The data were discussed on the light of diarrheal causes encountered in Egypt.
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PMID:Acute diarrhea among military recruits. 2321 10