Bacterial agents isolated from cerebrospinal fluid of patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) and neurological complications.
Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) samples from 2083 patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) and neurological complications were bacteriologically examined during a period of 7 years (1984-1990). The percentage of patients who had at least one bacterial agent cultured from the CSF was 6.2%. Mycobacterium tuberculosis was the most frequently isolated agent (4.3%), followed by Mycobacterium avium complex or MAC (0.7%), Pseudomonas spp (0.5%), Enterobacter spp (0.4%), and Staphylococcus aureus (0.3%). Among 130 culture positive patients, 89 (68.5%) had M. tuberculosis and 15 (11.6%) had MAC. The frequency of bacterial isolations increased from 1988 (5.2%) to 1990 (7.2%), partly due to the increase in MAC isolations. Bacterial agents were more frequently isolated from patients in the age group 21-30 years and from women (p < 0.05).
Landgraf
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Seção de Bacteriologia, Instituto Adolfo Lutz, São Paulo, Brasil.
Palaci
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Vieira
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Ueki
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Martins
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Sato
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Ferrazoli
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Telles
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Gorla
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D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid* / Q000150:complications / Q000382:microbiology; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid* / Q000150:complications; D002493:Central Nervous System Diseases / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid* / Q000150:complications / Q000382:microbiology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006090:Gram-Negative Bacteria / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006094:Gram-Positive Bacteria / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000302:isolation & purification; D012737:Sex Factors