profuse diarrhea in patients with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS).▪ Design:
A prospective, open-label study.▪ Setting: Inpatient metabolic units of four university medical
centers.▪ Patients: Fifty-one patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) who
had uncontrolled diarrhea (≥ 500-mL liquid stool per day) despite treatment with maximally
tolerable doses of antidiarrheal medications.▪ Intervention: After initial baseline studies …