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HIV and AIDS affect over 30 million people worldwide, and diarrhea affects 28–60% of HIV-positive patients. Patients who have low CD4 counts (less than 350) are highly susceptible to a range of opportunistic infections. Approximately 50% of patients present with an infectious etiology. HIV/AIDS patients are susceptible to bacterial and parasitic causes of diarrhea – cryptosporidiosis being one of the most difficult to treat. Patients should be counseled that ensuring compliance with their protease inhibitors is key in treating their diarrhea.
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Gale, A.R., Wilson, M. (2019). Diarrhea and AIDS. In: Graham, A., Carlberg, D.J. (eds) Gastrointestinal Emergencies. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-98343-1_102
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