title: Bacteremia in HIV-infected patients: short-term predictors of mortality.
abstract: To identify characteristics associated with mortality in HIV-infected patients with bacteremia, 88 bacteremic episodes in 80 HIV-infected patients were prospectively identified over a 5-month period and observed for 30 days. Demographic, clinical, laboratory, and radiologic data were collected. Mean and median age was 41 years. Most study subjects were homosexual men. Median CD4 count was 20 cells/mm3. Gram-positive organisms predominated (65%). The most common source of bacteremia was intravascular catheters (45%). Overall mortality was 30%. A history of malignancy, three or more opportunistic infections, shock, low hemoglobin, source of bacteremia other than an intravascular catheter, resistance to therapy, and a second bacteremic episode during the study period, were all found to be independent predictors of mortality. In this cohort of HIV-infected patients, most of whom were severely immunosuppressed, several factors were found to be significantly and independently associated with mortality.
authors.affiliation: Infectious Diseases, Saint Vincent's Hospital and Medical Center of New York, New York Medical College, Valhalla 10011, USA.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Omeñaca
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Turett
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Yarrish
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Astiz
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: J W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Kislak
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Cadden
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D016470:Bacteremia / Q000150:complications* / Q000401:mortality*; D018791:CD4 Lymphocyte Count; D015331:Cohort Studies; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000276:immunology / Q000401:mortality*; D018451:Homosexuality, Male; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011446:Prospective Studies