Isospora belli in a Patient with Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome

Abstract

Isospora belli is a cause of protracted diarrhea in immunocompromised patients. Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), seen mostly in homosexual men and narcotic addicts, predisposes affected persons to a number of opportunistic infections. As Isospora belli has been reported only once in this group, we report Isospora belli in an AIDS patient with chronic diarrhea.