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HIV-enteropathy and bile acid malabsorption: response to cholestyramine
M Steuerwald1, H C Bucher, J Müller-Brand
1Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital, Kantonsspital Basel, Switzerland.
The American Journal of Gastroenterology
|November 1, 1995
Abstract:
Chronic diarrhea and weight loss are common in patients with AIDS. We report on an AIDS patient with chronic diarrhea, steatorrhea, and marked weight loss. A 75SeHCAT test demonstrated that the diarrhea was mainly due to bile acid malabsorption. Therapy with cholestyramine dramatically reduced bowel movements and led to significant reversal of weight loss.