Bacterial agents isolated from cerebrospinal fluid of patients with Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) and neurological complications

Authors

  • Ilka Maria Landgraf Instituto Adolfo Lutz; Seção de Bacteriologia
  • Moisés Palaci Instituto Adolfo Lutz; Seção de Bacteriologia
  • Maria de Fátima Paiva Vieira Instituto Adolfo Lutz; Seção de Bacteriologia
  • Sueli Yoko Mizuka Ueki Instituto Adolfo Lutz; Seção de Bacteriologia
  • Maria Conceição Martins Instituto Adolfo Lutz; Seção de Bacteriologia
  • Daisy Nakamura Sato Instituto Adolfo Lutz; Seção de Bacteriologia
  • Lucilaine Ferrazoli Instituto Adolfo Lutz; Seção de Bacteriologia
  • Maria Alice Silva Telles Instituto Adolfo Lutz; Seção de Bacteriologia
  • Maria Cecília Outeiro Gorla Instituto Adolfo Lutz; Seção de Bacteriologia
  • Tania Mara Ibelli Vaz Instituto Adolfo Lutz; Seção de Bacteriologia
  • Rosemarie Lorenço Instituto de Infectologia Emílio Ribas
  • Lilian Regina Macelloni Marques Instituto Adolfo Lutz; Seção de Bacteriologia

Keywords:

Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome, Cerebrospinal fluid, Bacterial agents

Abstract

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).

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Published

1994-12-01

Issue

Vol. 36 No. 6 (1994)

Section

Microbiology

How to Cite

Landgraf, I. M., Palaci, M., Vieira, M. de F. P., Ueki, S. Y. M., Martins, M. C., Sato, D. N., Ferrazoli, L., Telles, M. A. S., Gorla, M. C. O., Vaz, T. M. I., Lorenço, R., & Marques, L. R. M. (1994). Bacterial agents isolated from cerebrospinal fluid of patients with Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) and neurological complications . Revista Do Instituto De Medicina Tropical De São Paulo, 36(6), 491-496. https://www.revistas.usp.br/rimtsp/article/view/29208