title: Absence of bacteremia with Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare in Ugandan patients with AIDS.
abstract: 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 severely ill 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda.
authors.forename: D O
authors.initials: DO
authors.lastname: Okello
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Sewankambo
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Goodgame
authors.forename: T O
authors.initials: TO
authors.lastname: Aisu
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kwezi
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Morrissey
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Ellner
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D000328:Adult; D001500:BCG Vaccine; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D005260:Female; D015483:HIV Antibodies / Q000032:analysis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015270:Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare Infection / Q000150:complications* / Q000453:epidemiology; D018805:Sepsis / Q000150:complications* / Q000453:epidemiology; D014454:Uganda / Q000453:epidemiology
chemical_list: D001500:BCG Vaccine; D015483:HIV Antibodies