Microbiologically proven bacterial infections in AIDS.
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We have reviewed the incidence, type and site of microbiologically proven bacterial infection occurring in 52 patients with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) who presented to Southmead Hospital, Bristol between 1990 and 1994. A total of 30 (58%) patients had significant bacterial isolates. The majority of infections were community acquired. Overall, more infections were caused by Gram-negative organisms but Gram-positive organisms predominated in bacteraemia. Mycobacterium avium intracellulare (MAI) caused infection in the largest number of patients, followed by Staphylococcus aureus, Streptococcus pneumoniae, Pseudomonas sp, and Campylobacter sp. When individual episodes of infection were considered, after MAI, Haemophilus influenzae, Streptococcus pneumoniae and Pseudomonas sp were the organisms most frequently isolated; often these same organisms caused recurrent chest infection. Bacterial infections in AIDS patients are common and although they generally respond well to antimicrobial chemotherapy there is a high recurrence rate, particularly in the respiratory tract, which is the commonest site of infection.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Postgraduate medical journal
دوره 73 863 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1997