Short report: disease severity and outcome of melioidosis in HIV coinfected individuals.
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.
Chierakul
Wirongrong
W
Department of Clinical Tropical Medicine, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand. alwcr@diamond.mahidol.ac.th
Wuthiekanun
Vanaporn
V
Chaowagul
Wipada
W
Amornchai
Premjit
P
Cheng
Allen C
AC
White
Nicholas J
NJ
Day
Nicholas P J
NP
Peacock
Sharon J
SJ
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