THE INFLUENCE OF HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION ON THE CLINICAL COURSE OF AMEBIC COLITIS

Abstract

To investigate the influence of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection on the clinical course of amebic colitis, we retrospectively examined a consecutive series of nineteen patients diagnosed as having amebic colitis in our hospital from 2005 until 2009. Colonoscopy revealed more wide-ranging erosions or ulcers in HIV infected patients than in HIV uninfected patients, and HIV infected patients also suffered from cytomegalovirus colitis at a higher rate. This study suggests that examination and selection of treatment considering HIV infection and cytomegalovirus colitis as complications are important in clinical practice for amebic colitis.