A Rare Cause of Diarrhea: Intestinal Spirochetosis in an HIV-Positive Patient.

Authors

Lacey Falgout, LSU Health Sciences Center - New Orleans
Shilpa Kailas, LSU Health Sciences Center - New Orleans
Supraja Sridhar, LSU Health Sciences Center - New Orleans
Nisha Loganantharaj, LSU Health Sciences Center - New OrleansFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

9-23-2023

Publication Title

ACG Case Reports Journal

Abstract

Intestinal spirochetosis (IS) is a rare gastrointestinal infection with vague presenting symptoms. Diagnosis is confirmed histopathologically. Risk factors include homosexuality and HIV. Antibiotic treatment with metronidazole usually leads to resolution of symptoms. We present the case of a 56-year-old HIV-positive man with chronic, watery diarrhea who was diagnosed with IS. This case highlights the importance of considering IS in the differential in HIV-positive patients with nonspecific gastrointestinal symptoms after more common etiologies have been ruled out.

First Page

1

PubMed ID

37753098

Volume

10

Issue

9

Publisher

American College of Gastroenterology

ISBN

23263253

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License

Recommended Citation

Falgout, Lacey; Kailas, Shilpa; Sridhar, Supraja; and Loganantharaj, Nisha, "A Rare Cause of Diarrhea: Intestinal Spirochetosis in an HIV-Positive Patient." (2023). School of Medicine Faculty Publications. 2411.
https://digitalscholar.lsuhsc.edu/som_facpubs/2411