PRINCIPAIS PROTOZOÁRIOS ENTÉRICOS OPORTUNISTAS ASSOCIADOS À AIDS: CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM, ISOSPORA BELLI, CYCLOSPORA CAYETANENSIS E MICROSPORIDIA

Introduction: It is estimated that there are more than 33 million AIDS cases worldwide. In this sense, some parasitoses has become important public health problems, by taking advantage of the vulnerability due to this clinical condition. Objective : To list and discuss the main opportunistic parasitosis found in individuals with AIDS, exploring the life cycle of their agents, pathogenesis, clinical manifestations, prevention, diagnostic and treatment. Methods : Searches have been conducted, without temporal limits, at the virtual databases Public Medline (PubMed), Scientific Electronic Library Online (SciELO) and Biblioteca Virtual em Saude (BVS) in order to select case reports, epidemiological bulletins, experimental papers and pertinent literature reviews. Results : Among the main opportunistic parasites found in patients with AIDS there are microsporidia and coccidia such as: Isospora belli , Cyclospora sp. and Cryptosporidium sp., for which a systematic literature review has been performed in this article. Conclusions : It is evident the necessity of developing more efficient treatments with less adverse effects, besides a better diagnostic accuracy by health professionals, and environmental tracking by competent institutions.