Life-threatening bacteraemia in HIV-1 seropositive adults admitted to hospital in Nairobi, Kenya.

Journal article

During 6 months, 506 consecutive adult emergency admissions to hospital in Nairobi were enrolled in a study of bacteraemia and HIV infection. 19% were HIV-1 antibody positive. Significantly more HIV-seropositive than seronegative patients had bacteraemia (26% vs 6%). The predominant organisms isolated from the seropositive patients were Salmonella typhimurium and Streptococcus pneumoniae. Mortality was higher in the seropositive than in the seronegative bacteraemic patients. The findings sugg...

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Authors: Gilks, C; Brindle, R; Otieno, L; Simani, P; Newnham, R

• Publication status: Published
• Journal: Lancet
• Volume: 336
• Issue: 8714
• Pages: 545-549
• Publication date: 1990-09-01
• DOI: 10.1016/0140-6736(90)92096-z
• EISSN: 1474-547X
• ISSN: 0140-6736
• Language: English
• Keywords: HIV-1; Adult; Female; Cross-Sectional Studies; Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome; Sepsis; Kenya; Humans; Prognosis; Enterobacteriaceae; Male; Prevalence