Document 0156
 DOCN  M9610156
 TI    Bacterial agents isolated from cerebrospinal fluid of patients with
       acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) and neurological
       complications.
 DT    9601
 AU    Landgraf IM; Palaci M; Vieira MF; Ueki SY; Martins MC; Sato DN;
       Ferrazoli L; Telles MA; Gorla MC; Vaz TM; et al; Secao de Bacteriologia,
       Instituto Adolfo Lutz, Sao Paulo,; Brasil.
 SO    Rev Inst Med Trop Sao Paulo. 1994 Nov-Dec;36(6):491-6. Unique Identifier
       : AIDSLINE MED/96015884
 AB    Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) samples from 2083 patients with acquired
       immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) and neurological complications were
       bacteriologically examined during a period of 7 years (1984-1990). The
       percentage of patients who had at least one bacterial agent cultured
       from the CSF was 6.2%. Mycobacterium tuberculosis was the most
       frequently isolated agent (4.3%), followed by Mycobacterium avium
       complex or MAC (0.7%), Pseudomonas spp (0.5%), Enterobacter spp (0.4%),
       and Staphylococcus aureus (0.3%). Among 130 culture positive patients,
       89 (68.5%) had M. tuberculosis and 15 (11.6%) had MAC. The frequency of
       bacterial isolations increased from 1988 (5.2%) to 1990 (7.2%), partly
       due to the increase in MAC isolations. Bacterial agents were more
       frequently isolated from patients in the age group 21-30 years and from
       women (p < 0.05).
 DE    Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/*CEREBROSPINAL FLUID/
       COMPLICATIONS/MICROBIOLOGY  Adolescence  Adult  Age Factors  Aged
       Bacterial Infections/*CEREBROSPINAL FLUID/COMPLICATIONS  Central Nervous
       System Diseases/*CEREBROSPINAL FLUID/  COMPLICATIONS/MICROBIOLOGY  Child
       Child, Preschool  Female  Gram-Negative Bacteria/*ISOLATION & PURIF
       Gram-Positive Bacteria/*ISOLATION & PURIF  Human  Infant  Male  Middle
       Age  Mycobacterium tuberculosis/ISOLATION & PURIF  Sex Factors  JOURNAL
       ARTICLE

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