title: Results of blood cultures for detection of mycobacteria in AIDS patients.
abstract: Since the advent of the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) numerous M. avium intracellulare disseminated infections have been recognised. Blood culture is a convenient method for diagnosing these infections. At Pitié-Salpêtrière hospital AIDS patients with persistent unexplained fever each had three blood cultures. The blood samples, taken on 3 consecutive days without taking in account fever peaks, were collected in the Isolator-10 lysis-centrifugation system and inoculated onto Löwenstein-Jensen medium with and without 0.25% sodium pyruvate. From February 1986-September 1987, 564 samples taken from 165 patients were cultivated for the detection of mycobacteria. Sixty one (10.8%) taken from 19 patients (11.5%) were positive. M. avium intracellulare was the most frequently isolated mycobacterial species. In 10 patients, the positive blood culture was the only or the first positive culture for mycobacteria.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire Central de Bactériologie, Clinique de Physiopathologie Respiratoire, Groupe Hospitalier Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Truffot-Pernot
authors.forename: H F
authors.initials: HF
authors.lastname: Lecoeur
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Maury
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Dautzenberg
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Grosset
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000150:complications* / Q000382:microbiology; D001431:Bacteriological Techniques; D006801:Humans; D009162:Mycobacterium avium / Q000302:isolation & purification; D015269:Mycobacterium avium Complex / Q000302:isolation & purification; D015270:Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare Infection / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*