Benjanee PunpoowongParnpen ViriyavejakulMario RigantiEmsri PongponaratnUrai ChaisriYaowapa ManeeratMahidol University2018-07-042018-07-041998-03-01Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health. Vol.29, No.1 (1998), 31-34012515622-s2.0-0032013949https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/20.500.14594/18555A retrospective study of stool samples of HIV-infected patients from January 1994 to December 1995 submitted to the Department of Tropical Pathology was analyzed. There were twenty-two cases, all of which presented with chronic diarrhea. Result showed that 50% were infected with protozoa. These include Microsporidium (27.27%), Cryptosporidium (9.09%),Isospora belli (4.54%) and Giardia intestinalis cysts (9.09%). Other infections were Candida sp, Strongyloides stercoralis larva and Opisthorchis viverrini ova. The data stress the importance of opportunistic protozoa in the HIV-infected patients. Awareness of their existence of the diseases is important areas with increasing number of HIV-infected patients for early detection and proper treatment.Mahidol UniversityMedicineArticleSCOPUS