title: [Prevalence of human immunodeficiency virus infection (HIV) in patients with microbial abscesses].
abstract: From 1987 1/1 to 1989 6/30, 80 patients with purulent abscesses underwent serological test. Seropositivity rate of HIV was 20% i.e. higher of a 2.4 factor than seropositivity rate of 8.2% found in the local population not showing any symptoms of AIDS.
authors.affiliation: Service de Traumatologie, Clinique Universitaire, Ulm, Allemagne.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Strecker
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ngemba
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Fleischmann
mesh_terms: D000038:Abscess / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D015023:Democratic Republic of the Congo / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006679:HIV Seropositivity / Q000097:blood / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology*; D015528:HIV Seroprevalence; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011159:Population Surveillance; D016036:Seroepidemiologic Studies; D013492:Suppuration
vernacular_title: Prévalence de l'infection par le virus de l'immunodéficience humaine (VIH) chez des patients avec des abcès microbiens.