title: Short report: disease severity and outcome of melioidosis in HIV coinfected individuals.
abstract: This study examined whether coinfection with HIV and Burkholderia pseudomallei leads to altered disease severity or outcome associated with melioidosis. Coinfection was detected in only 8 of 524 (1.5%) adults with melioidosis in northeast Thailand. Clinical presentation and acute outcome were similar in HIV-positive and HIV-negative patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Tropical Medicine, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand. alwcr@diamond.mahidol.ac.th
authors.forename: Wirongrong
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Chierakul
authors.forename: Vanaporn
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Wuthiekanun
authors.forename: Wipada
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Chaowagul
authors.forename: Premjit
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Amornchai
authors.forename: Allen C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Cheng
authors.forename: Nicholas J
authors.initials: NJ
authors.lastname: White
authors.forename: Nicholas P J
authors.initials: NP
authors.lastname: Day
authors.forename: Sharon J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Peacock
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008554:Melioidosis / Q000097:blood / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000473:pathology; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D013785:Thailand / Q000453:epidemiology