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DOCN M9650110
TI Bacterial pneumonia in adult patients with HIV infection.
DT 9605
AU Moroni M; Franzetti F; Infectious Diseases Clinic, University of Milano,
Italy.
SO J Chemother. 1995 Aug;7(4):292-306. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE
MED/96084088
AB Patients with HIV infection are at increased risk for community-acquired
bacterial pneumonias, due in part to their defects in B-cell function.
Streptococcus pneumoniae is the commonest cause of community-acquired
pneumonia, with the second most common bacterial agent being Haemophilus
influenzae. These two organisms account for about two-thirds of
community-acquired bacterial pneumonias. Frequently bacterial pneumonias
appear difficult to distinguish from Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia or
other opportunistic lung infections, because of their atypical clinical
and radiologic presentations. Community-acquired pneumonias may be
recurrent but have low fatality rates. In comparison, nosocomial
pneumonias occur primarily in patients with AIDS and are usually due to
Staphylococcus aureus, Pseudomonas aeruginosa and other aerobic
gram-negative bacilli. Nosocomial pneumonias have high fatality rates.
S.aureus is an important cause of morbidity and mortality in patients
with AIDS and has emerged as a secondary opportunist in lungs of
patients with opportunistic diseases. While appropriate laboratory study
is being done, empiric antibiotic therapy should be directed against the
microorganisms above described.
DE Adult AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections/EPIDEMIOLOGY/*MICROBIOLOGY/
THERAPY Community-Acquired Infections/EPIDEMIOLOGY/THERAPY Haemophilus
influenzae *Haemophilus Infections Human HIV
Infections/*PHYSIOPATHOLOGY
Pneumonia/EPIDEMIOLOGY/*MICROBIOLOGY/THERAPY Staphylococcus aureus
JOURNAL ARTICLE
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