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Salmonella bacteremia in African patients with human immunodeficiency virus infection.

Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis. 1988 Feb;7(1):45-7. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/88242581
De Wit S; Taelman H; Van de Perre P; Rouvroy D; Clumeck N; Division of Infectious Diseases, St. Pierre University Hospital,; Brussels, Belgium.

Abstract: During a two-year period, 26 Central African patients with AIDS or AIDS-related complex were seen in two Belgian hospitals and five of these patients presented with non-typhoid Salmonella bacteremia. Three additional patients were observed in a Rwandese hospital. These eight African patients were compared with 16 non-AIDS patients with non-typhoid Salmonella bacteremias. The patients with AIDS or AIDS-related complex did not have gastroenteritis, but they did have a high recurrence rate and high prevalence of Salmonella typhimurium. Long-term antibiotic prophylaxis seems warranted for such patients despite the high frequency of side effects from antibiotics.
Keywords: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/*COMPLICATIONS Adolescence Adult Africa, Central/ETHNOLOGY Aged Aged, 80 and over AIDS-Related Complex/*COMPLICATIONS Belgium Female Human Male Middle Age Recurrence Rwanda Salmonella typhimurium Salmonella Infections/*ETIOLOGY Septicemia/*ETIOLOGY JOURNAL ARTICLE

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