Prevalence of mycobacteremia among HIV-infected infants and children in northern Tanzania.
Mycobacterium tuberculosis is a common cause of bloodstream infections among HIV-infected adults in sub-Saharan Africa, and is associated with high morbidity and mortality. We found no cases of mycobacteremia among 93 ill, HIV-infected children in northern Tanzania, despite optimization of laboratory methods and selection of patients thought to be at highest risk for disseminated infection.
Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA.
Katherine D
KD
Gray
Coleen K
CK
Cunningham
Dana C
DC
Clifton
Isaac A
IA
Afwamba
Godfrey S
GS
Mushi
Levina J
LJ
Msuya
John A
JA
Crump
Ann M
AM
Buchanan
D000293:Adolescent; D016470:Bacteremia / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D015995:Prevalence; D013636:Tanzania / Q000453:epidemiology; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000382:microbiology