Bloodstream Infections in Late-Stage Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome Patients Evaluated by a Lysis Centrifugation System

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 98, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 529-532

  Rosas, R C ^b   Salomao R ^b   Da Matta, D A ^a   Lopes, H V ^c   Pignatari, A C ^a   Colombo, A L ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b HOSPITAL SANTA MARCELINA   (Brazil)

^c HOSPITAL HELIÓPOLIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (Aids); Bloodstream infection; Lysis centrifugation

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD SAMPLING; CENTRIFUGATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FEVER; FUNGEMIA; FUNGUS; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFECTION; LYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MIXED INFECTION; MORTALITY; MYCOBACTERIUM; PATIENT; SYNDROME; SYSTEMIC CIRCULATION; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; AIDS RELATED COMPLEX; BACTEREMIA; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CLASSIFICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HOSPITALIZATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CORYNEBACTERINEAE; FUNGI; MYCOBACTERIUM; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA;

ADULT; AGED; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; BACTEREMIA; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FUNGEMIA; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; HUMANS; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0142152236     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762003000400019     Document Type: Article

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