HIV enteropathy
Findings
No curated finding names HIV enteropathy yet. Everything below is reference data from Mondo, HPO and GenCC, not evidence about what affects it.
Definition
A syndrome characterized by chronic, well-established diarrhea (greater than one month in duration) without an identified infectious cause after thorough evaluation, in an hiv-positive individual. It is thought to be due to direct or indirect effects of hiv on the enteric mucosa. hiv enteropathy is a diagnosis of exclusion and can be made only after other forms of diarrheal illness have been ruled out. (Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, 13th ed, pp1607-8; Haubrich et al., Bockus Gastroenterology, 5th ed, p1155)
Definition from the Mondo Disease Ontology (MONDO:0005796), read 2026-09-29. CC BY 4.0.
Where it sits
- A kind of