Opportunistic infections of the gastrointestinal tract

Ian Lockart1, Trine Gulholm2, Deborah J. Marriott3, Mark Danta1,4 Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, St Vincent’s Hospital, Sydney, NSW Department of Microbiology, St Vincent’s Hospital, Sydney, NSW Departments of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, St Vincent’s Hospital, Sydney, NSW St Vincent’s Clinical School, Faculty of Medicine, UNSW Last reviewed: November 2019

Gastrointestinal symptoms and illnesses are extremely common in the general population and also in patients with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. When assessing them it is important to assess:- Detailed history of presenting symptoms including: onset, severity, site/location, frequency and progression, triggering and relieving factors and associated features such as fevers and weight loss. Degree …

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The following section will discuss the diagnosis and management of a number of common bacterial, viral and parasitic gastrointestinal infections that may be seen in people with HIV infection, and also non-infectious diarrhoea. A number of important HIV-associated conditions are covered elsewhere in the website – Kaposi’s sarcoma and HBV and HCV infections. Readers are …

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