fa شیوع کوکسیدیوز دستگاه گوارش در بیماران مبتلا به اچ.آی.وی/ایدز در فسا، جنوب ایران انگل شناسي Parasitology پژوهشي Research <div style="text-align: justify;"><em><strong>Background&nbsp;</strong></em><em><strong><span dir="RTL">&</span></strong></em>&nbsp;<em><strong>Objective:</strong></em> Human immunodeficiency virus&nbsp;<strong>(</strong>HIV) infection has changed the epidemiology and prognosis of intestinal opportunistic parasitic infections. The present study was done to determine the prevalence of gastrointestinal coccidiosis in HIV/AIDS patients with gastroenteritis.<br> <em><strong>Materials&nbsp;</strong></em><em><strong><span dir="RTL">&</span></strong></em>&nbsp;<em><strong>Methods</strong></em>: This cross-sectional study was conducted at the Laboratory of HIV/AIDS Research Station of Fasa University of Medical Sciences, in southern Iran, from October 2013<span dir="RTL">&nbsp;</span>to July 2020. Demographic data were collected by interviewing 68 participants (54 males and 14 females). Fecal samples were sent and examined for opportunistic parasites using wet mount, formalin-ethyl acetate method, acid-fast stain, nested polymerase chain reaction for the detection and confirmation of&nbsp;<em>Cryptosporidium</em>&nbsp;spp<em>., Isospora belli, Cyclospora cayetanensis</em>.<br> <em><strong>Results:</strong></em> <em>T</em>he findings confirmed 2 cases (2.9%) infected with <em>Giardia </em>cysts, 1 case (1.5%) infected with <em>Entamoeba coli </em>cysts and 1 case (1.5%) infected with <em>Cryptosporidium</em> and <em>I</em>.<em> belli</em> co-infection in a man suffering from gastroenteritis.<br> <em><strong>Conclusion: </strong></em>This is the first detected case of gastroenteritis caused by co-infection of <em>Cryptosporidium</em> and <em>I. belli</em> in a man with AIDS occurring&nbsp;in the city of Fasa. If there are no other agents for gastroenteritis, the intestinal coccidiosis in such patients in Iran should not be ignored.<br> &nbsp;</div> Gastroenteritis, Cryptosporidium, Isospora, Cyclospora, Coccidiosis, AIDS, Fasa 2946 2954 http://jabs.fums.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-811-2&slc_lang=fa&sid=1 Zahra Montaseri زهرا منتصری montaserizahra90@gmail.com 100319475328460026308 100319475328460026308 No Department of Infectious Diseases, Fasa University of Medical Sciences, Fasa, Iran گروه بیماری‌های عفونی، دانشگاه علوم پزشکی فسا، فسا، ایران Hojjatollah Setoodeh حجت اله ستوده hojatsotode@yahoo.com 100319475328460026309 100319475328460026309 No Vice-Chancellery for Health, Fasa University of Medical Sciences, Fasa, Iran معاونت بهداشتی، دانشگاه علوم پزشکی فسا، فسا، ایران Zahra Ostadi زهرا استادی Zostadi80@yahoo.com 100319475328460026310 100319475328460026310 No Vice-Chancellery for Health, Fasa University of Medical Sciences, Fasa, Iran معاونت بهداشتی، دانشگاه علوم پزشکی فسا، فسا، ایران Jalal Karimi جلال کریمی Jalalmd7@gmail.com 100319475328460026311 100319475328460026311 No Department of Infectious Diseases, Fasa University of Medical Sciences, Fasa, Iran گروه بیماری‌های عفونی، دانشگاه علوم پزشکی فسا، فسا، ایران Mahmoud Agholi محمود آغولی agholim@hotmail.com 100319475328460026312 100319475328460026312 Yes HIV/AIDS Research Station, Fasa University of Medical Sciences, Fasa, Iran ایستگاه تحقیقاتی بیماری ایدز، دانشگاه علوم پزشکی فسا، فسا، ایران