HIV/AIDS
Research from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention provides new data about HIV/AIDS
Published in Medical Letter on the CDC and FDA, October 31st, 2010
Investigators publish new data in the report 'Bloodstream infections among HIV-infected outpatients, Southeast Asia.' According to a study from Nonthaburi, Thailand, "Bloodstream infections (BSIs) are a major cause of illness in HIV-infected persons. To evaluate prevalence of and risk factors for BSIs in 2,009 HIV-infected outpatients in Cambodia, Thailand, and Vietnam, we performed a single Myco/F Lytic blood culture."
"Fifty-eight (2.9%) had a clinically significant BSI (i.e., a blood culture positive for an organism known to be a pathogen). Mycobacterium tuberculosis accounted for 31 (54%) of all BSIs, followed by fungi (13 [22%]) and bacteria (9 [16%]). Of...
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