title: Other bacteria and HIV disease.
abstract: HIV-infected individuals are predisposed to infection with bacteria, in particular Streptococcus pneumoniae and non-typhi Salmonella. Other bacteria also complicate HIV disease, either because they are inherently pathogenic--Staphylococcus aureus, Enterobacteraciae, bacterial agents of enteritis--or they take advantage of advanced immunosuppression--Rhodococcus spp, Nocardia spp. An understanding of the role of bacteria is essential to the care of HIV-infected patients.
authors.affiliation: Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Trust Laboratories, PO Box 30096, Blantyre, Malawi.
authors.forename: K J
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Gray
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: French
mesh_terms: D017088:AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000382:microbiology*; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000382:microbiology*; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans