Intestinal parasitic infections in relation to CD4+ T cell counts and diarrhea in HIV/AIDS patients with or without antiretroviral therapy in Cameroon

Table 6 Association between intestinal parasite and Diarrhea

Parasites	n	Pre-ART			On-ART			Overall
Parasites	n	Presence of Diarrhea No (%)	Absence of Diarrhea No (%)	P-value	Presence of Diarrhea No (%)	Absence of Diarrhea No (%)	P-value	Presence of Diarrhea No (%)	Absence of Diarrhea No (%)	P- values
C. parvum	132	15(57.7)	7(26.9)	0.025	48(52.2)	62(39.7)	0.057	63(53.4)	69(37.9)	0.008
B. hominis	75	7(26.9)	7(26.9)	1.000	15(16.3)	46(29.5)	0.020	22(18.6)	53(29.1)	0.041
Microsporidium spp.	64	9(34.6)	5(19.2)	0.211	25(27.2)	25(16)	0.035	34(28.8)	30(16.5)	0.011
E. hystolytica	22	1(3.9)	5(23.8)	0.083	3(3.2)	13(8.3)	0.116	4(3.4)	18(9.9)	0.035
I. Belli	13	1(3.9)	0(0)	0.313	7(7.6)	5(3.2)	0.118	8(6.8)	5(2.8)	0.094
C. cayetanensis	11	2(7.7)	0(0)	0.490*	6(6.5)	3(1.9)	0.081*	8(6.8)	3(1.7)	0.028*
A. lumbricoides	13	1(4)	1(4)	1.000	1(1.1)	10(6.4)	0.058	2(1.7)	11(6)	0.071
G. lambia	10	0(0)	2(7.7)	0.490*	4(4.4)	4(2.6)	0.474*	4(3.4)	6(3.4)	1.000*
Hookworm	8	0(0)	0(0)	1.000*	0(0)	8(5.1)	0.028*	0(0)	8(4.6)	0.024*
T. trichuria	7	0(0)	2(7.7)	0.490*	1(1.1)	4(2.6)	0.654*	1(0.9)	6(3.4)	0.252*
H. nana	4	0(0)	1(3,9)	1.000*	3(3.2)	0(0)	0.050*	3(2.5)	1(0.6)	0.304*
S. stercoralis	2	0(0)	0(0)	1.000*	2(2.2)	0(0)	0.137*	2(1.7)	0(0)	0.154*
Total	361	36	30		115	180		151	210

The number of pathogens exceeds the number of patients as multiple parasites were identified in some patients
*P value from Fisher’s exact test

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