HIV infection as a risk factor for shigellosis.
We investigated cases of shigellosis in San Francisco and Alameda Counties identified during 1996 by active laboratory surveillance to assess the role of HIV infection as a risk factor for shigellosis. Dramatically elevated rates of shigellosis in HIV-infected persons implicate HIV infection as an important risk factor for shigellosis in San Francisco.
Baer
J T
JT
California Emerging Infections Program, San Francisco, California, USA
Vugia
D J
DJ
Reingold
A L
AL
Aragon
T
T
Angulo
F J
FJ
Bradford
W Z
WZ
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004405:Dysentery, Bacillary / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000150:complications*; D018451:Homosexuality, Male; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011159:Population Surveillance / Q000379:methods; D012307:Risk Factors; D012495:San Francisco / Q000453:epidemiology; D012763:Shigella flexneri / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D012764:Shigella sonnei / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D014195:Travel