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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
SOURCE: National Library of Medicine. NOTICE: This material may be
protected by Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.Code).