title: [Value of the stool bacteriological test in Mycobacterium avium complex infections in AIDS].
abstract: Incidence of Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) infection has increased in HIV infected patients. We report a retrospective study of 25 cases of MAC infection occurring in HIV patients. Stools examination was performed in 5 (31%) of the patients without digestive symptoms and in the 9 (100%) patients presenting with diarrhoea. The stools culture are positive in 79% of cases (11/14). In all the patients with diarrhoea, direct examination of the stools gave the diagnosis of MAC infection. All the patients had profound immunodepression with CD4+ cell count < 5/mm3. The mean survival time from mycobacteriosis diagnosis was 122 +/- 90 days despite antimycobacteriosis therapy.
authors.affiliation: Service de Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales, CHU de Nancy, Vandoeuvre.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bevilacqua
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Rabaud
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: May
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Dailloux
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Boulard
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Canton
mesh_terms: D017088:AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000401:mortality; D000328:Adult; D001431:Bacteriological Techniques; D005243:Feces / Q000382:microbiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015270:Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare Infection / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000401:mortality; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D013997:Time Factors
vernacular_title: Intérêt de l'examen bactériologique des selles dans les infections à Mycobacterium complex avium au cours du SIDA.