Paper I
2023 January (Supplementary) (2019 Scheme) · 100 marks · 180 min
Question
List four parasitic infections especially seen in immunocompromised patients.
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Answer
Four parasitic infections especially seen in immunocompromised patients (opportunistic parasitic infections):
- Cryptosporidium parvum — chronic, severe watery diarrhoea in advanced AIDS.
- Toxoplasma gondii — reactivation causes toxoplasma encephalitis, an AIDS-defining infection.
- Isospora (Cystoisospora) belli — chronic diarrhoea in AIDS patients.
- Strongyloides stercoralis — hyperinfection/disseminated strongyloidiasis in immunosuppressed patients (particularly on corticosteroids or with HTLV-1 co-infection), due to its unique autoinfective life cycle.
(Other valid example: Leishmania donovani — atypical/severe presentation in HIV co-infection; Microsporidia.)
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