Triple Parasitic Infestation in an Immunocompromised Patient: A Rare Entity

Authors

  • Kuntal Kumar Sinha Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology, AIIMS –Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India Author
  • Nishtha Singh Senior Resident, Department of Microbiology, King George Medical University, Uttar Pradesh, India Author
  • Gopa Banerjee Professor, Department of Microbiology, King George Medical University, Uttar Pradesh, India Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.47363/JIDSCR/2022(3)168

Keywords:

Hiv/Aids, Parasitic Infestation, Diarrhoea

Abstract

Parasitic infections are common in immunocompromised individual, especially in HIV patients affecting the gastrointestinal tract causing severe & chronic diarrhoea. A HIV positive male patient presented to gastroenterology OPD with on and off complaints of loose stools and altered bowel habits since last one month. His CD4 cell counts were normal since last one-year record. On examination of his stool sample, larva of Strongyloides spp., oocysts of Cryptosporidium parvum and Cystoisospora belli were found. Treatment was initiated for triple parasitic infection and discharged when repeat sample

Author Biographies

  • Kuntal Kumar Sinha, Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology, AIIMS –Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India

    Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology, AIIMS –Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India

  • Nishtha Singh, Senior Resident, Department of Microbiology, King George Medical University, Uttar Pradesh, India

    Senior Resident, Department of Microbiology, King George Medical University, Uttar Pradesh, India 

  • Gopa Banerjee, Professor, Department of Microbiology, King George Medical University, Uttar Pradesh, India

    Professor, Department of Microbiology, King George Medical University, Uttar Pradesh, India

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Published

2022-10-15

Issue

Vol. 3 No. 4 (2022): Volume 3 Issue 4

Section

Articles