Etiology and evaluation of diarrhea in AIDS: A global perspective at the millennium

Table 4 Yield of colonoscopy with biopsy in HIV infected patients with chronic diarrhea

Ref Proximal	No. pts.	Diagnosis	Most common dx (No.pts)	Distal
Connolly*	81	34 (42)	CMV (12)	32	+
Wilcox	48	13 (27)	CMV (11)	12	1
Kearney	79	22 (100)°	CMV (15)	17	1
Bini	317	116 (37)	CMV (75)	60 (55)	33 (30)

Diagnosis expressed as number of patients (%). Numbers under distal and proximal represent number of patients. ^*patiens with Cryptosporidium on stool testing were excluded, some patients had more than one diagnosis; ⁺CMV and KS in one patient each; °biopsy of terminal ileum at time of colonoscopy; pts: patients; dx: disease. Three patients had diagnosis with biopsy at terminal ileum