Infection by human immunodeficiency virus-1 is not a risk factor for amebiasis.

The purpose of this study was to determine whether HIV-1 infected patients in our community were more susceptible to Entamoeba histolytica and Entamoeba dispar infection than non-HIV-infected individuals. The prevalence and frequency of invasive amebiasis was determined in 203 HIV+/AIDS subjects and 140 close relatives or sexual partners, all of whom were HIV-. Anti-E.

Entamoeba histolytica and/or Entamoeba dispar: infection frequency in HIV+/AIDS patients in Mexico city.

The objective of this work was to evaluate the frequency of Entamoeba histolytica/Entamoeba dispar intestinal infection in HIV+/AIDS subjects and their HIV- close relatives or sexual partners. Enteric parasites were investigated in stool samples by microscopic examination and E. histolytica and E.

Defective production of reactive oxygen intermediates (ROI) in a patient with recurrent amebic liver abscess.

Previously, we reported the case of a man in the fourth decade of life afflicted with three independent episodes of amebic liver abscesses over a period of 4 years. Previous evidence has indicated that the cellular immune response is involved in protection against recurrent invasive amebic infection, and macrophage-mediated effector mechanisms appear important for host resistance to Entamoeba histolytica infection. The aim of the present work was to investigate locomotor activity and oxidative burst function of peripheral mononuclear cells of this individual after healing of the third amebic liver abscess.