Absence of Bacteremia with Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare in Ugandan Patients with AIDS

Disseminated infection with Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare is the most common systemic bacterial infection in American patients with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. Blood cultures for mycobacteria were obtained from 50 severelyill Ugandan patients fulfilling the World Health Organization...

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Published in:The Journal of infectious diseases 1990-07, Vol.162 (1), p.208-210
Main Authors: Okello, David O., Sewankambo, Nelson, Goodgame, Richard, Aisu, Thomas O., Kwezi, May, Morrissey, Anne, Ellner, Jerrold J.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome - complications
Adult
AIDS
AIDS/HIV
Bacteremia
BCG Vaccine
Biological and medical sciences
Blood
Developed countries
Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
Female
General aspects
HIV
HIV Antibodies - analysis
Humans
Infections
Infectious diseases
Major Articles
Male
Medical sciences
Middle Aged
Mycobacterium avium complex
Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare Infection - complications
Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare Infection - epidemiology
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Pathology
Sepsis - complications
Sepsis - epidemiology
Symptoms
Uganda - epidemiology
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Summary:Disseminated infection with Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare is the most common systemic bacterial infection in American patients with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. Blood cultures for mycobacteria were obtained from 50 severelyill Ugandan patients fulfilling the World Health Organization criteria for AIDS and considered late in the course of their illness; 98% had antibody to HIV by ELISA. All blood cultures were negative. These data suggest that disseminated infection with M. avium-intracellulare is infrequent in Ugandan patients with AIDS, if it occurs at all.
ISSN:0022-1899
1537-6613
DOI:10.1093/infdis/162.1.208