A Case of Asymptomatic Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection Confirmed by Preoperative Examination for General Anesthesia

2015 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 11-14
Author(s):  
TAKAHIRO YAGYUU ◽  
YUICHIRO IMAI ◽  
SATOSHI FUKUTSUJI ◽  
MORIHIKO TAKASHIMA ◽  
YOSHIHIRO UEYAMA ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Human Immunodeficiency Virus ◽  
Virus Infection ◽  
Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection ◽  
General Anesthesia ◽  
Immunodeficiency Virus ◽  
Asymptomatic Human Immunodeficiency Virus ◽  
Preoperative Examination

Altered small-intestinal permeability associated with diarrhoea in human-immunodeficiency-virus-infected Caucasian and African subjects

1991 ◽  
Vol 81 (3) ◽  
pp. 327-334 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. S. Kapembwa ◽  
S. C. Fleming ◽  
N. Sewankambo ◽  
D. Serwadda ◽  
S. Lucas ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Human Immunodeficiency Virus ◽  
Virus Infection ◽  
Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection ◽  
Intestinal Permeability ◽  
Amperometric Detection ◽  
Immunodeficiency Virus ◽  
Caucasian Patients ◽  
Small Intestinal ◽  
African Patients ◽  
Asymptomatic Human Immunodeficiency Virus

1. Small-intestine integrity in Caucasian and African patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus was determined by measuring the permeation across the mucosa of two sugars, lactulose and mannitol. 2. The sugars were assayed by h.p.l.c. and pulsed amperometric detection in 6 h urine samples. Stool microscopy for enteropathogens was performed in all patients. 3. The ratio of lactulose to mannitol recovered in urine was increased in Caucasian and African patients with advanced human immunodeficiency virus infection. Asymptomatic human-immunodeficiency-virus-infected subjects had a normal lactulose/mannitol ratio. African patients with diarrhoea showed a twofold reduction in mannitol excretion. Such a change in mannitol absorption was not detected in Caucasian patients and occurred regardless of the presence of enteropathogens. 4. Altered small-intestinal permeability is associated with symptomatic diarrhoea in human immunodeficiency virus infection in both Caucasian and African patients.

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