A STUDY OF STOOL SAMPLE FROM HIV POSITIVE AND HIV NEGATIVE AT ANDHRA PRADESH.

Gundala Obulesu; Hanumanthappa Ar; Prabakar Reddy E

doi:10.22159/ajpcr.2018.v11i1.19377

Authors

Gundala Obulesu Department of Microbiology, Bharath University, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
Hanumanthappa Ar Department of Microbiology, J.J.M. Medical College,Davangere, Karnataka, India.
Prabakar Reddy E Department of Biochemistry, Sree Lakshmi Narayana Institute of Medical Sciences, Bharath University,Pondicherry, India.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22159/ajpcr.2018.v11i1.19377

Keywords:

Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, HIV, Parasite

Abstract

Â Objective: The objective of this study is to investigate the variations, if any, in the types of intestinal parasites in HIV-positive and HIV-negative individuals.

Methods: For their HIV status in our laboratory by enzyme-linked immunoasorbant assay and TRIDOT, sample stool, macroscopic and microscopic examination, formal-ether concentration technique f, saline wet mount, iodine wet mount, modified acid-fast stain.

Â Results: For the purpose of statistical analysis, the enteric parasites are divided into the coccidian group (Cryptosporidium+Isospora belli) and conventional enteric parasites (Entamoeba histolytica, Giardia intestinalis, and Ascaris lumbricoides), and enteric parasitic infection is more common in HIV-positive patients with diarrhea than HIV-positive patient without diarrhea or HIV-negative individuals.

Conclusion: The study period of 1 year and 8 months revealed that it is difficult to locate/identify a HIV-positive person in a place like Kadapa on account of confidentiality/lack of awareness among the population. Detection of intestinal parasites is 17.3% in HIV-positive patients and 12% in HIV-negative individuals.

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Author Biography

Gundala Obulesu, Department of Microbiology, Bharath University, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.

PhD scholar, Bharath Univarsity, Selaiyur, Chennai

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