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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Journal of Health and Allied Sciences NU 2011; 01(01/03): 57-59
DOI: 10.1055/s-0040-1703522
Case Report

IMMUNOCOMPROMISED STATUS A CAUSE OF OPPORTUNISTIC INTESTINAL INFECTION LEADING TO GRAM NEGATIVE SEPSIS

Rekha Rai
Associate Professor, Department of Microbiology, K.S. Hegde Medical Academy
,
Vimal Kumar Karnaker
Associate Professor, Department of Microbiology, K.S. Hegde Medical Academy
,
Krishnaprasad M. S.
Professor & HOD, Department of Microbiology, K.S. Hegde Medical Academy
,
Ganesh H. R.
Lecturer, Department of Microbiology, K.S. Hegde Medical Academy
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Abstract

Gram negative sepsis and intestinal opportunistic infections including Cryptosporidium, Isospora, Cyclospora, Microsporidia, S.stercoralis and Candida albicans are increasingly becoming prevalent in acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) patients. These infections are clinically important primarily because many of these have the potential for serious and even lethal complications in immunosuppressed patients. Here, we are reporting a patient with Gram-negative sepsis, who was found to be co-infected with three of these opportunistic pathogens. She was also found to be positive for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) antibodies. To our knowledge, this has been reported once previously, and serves as a reminder to actively exclude S.stercoralis infection in immunocompromised individuals presenting with bacteraemia.



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