Schistosomiasis Does Not Contribute to Death or Recurrence of Nontyphoid Salmonella Bacteremia in Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Infected Malawian Adults | Zendy

Melita A. Gordon | Zendy; Eduard E. Zijlstra | Zendy; Cynthia W. A. Naus | Zendy; Leo G. Visser | Zendy; Malcolm E. Molyneux | Zendy; Lisette van Lieshout | Zendy

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Schistosomiasis Does Not Contribute to Death or Recurrence of Nontyphoid Salmonella Bacteremia in Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Infected Malawian Adults

Author(s) -

Melita A. Gordon,

Eduard E. Zijlstra,

Cynthia W. A. Naus,

Leo G. Visser,

Malcolm E. Molyneux,

Lisette van Lieshout

Publication year - 2003

Publication title -

clinical infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44

H-Index - 336

eISSN - 1537-6591

pISSN - 1058-4838

DOI - 10.1086/379828

Subject(s) - bacteremia , medicine , coinfection , schistosomiasis , immunology , population , sida , virology , virus , viral disease , antibiotics , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , helminths , environmental health

Nontyphoid Salmonella (NTS) bacteremia has a very high mortality and recurrence rate among human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected Malawian adults. Concurrent schistosomal infection might cause persistence of NTS infection and poor response to antibiotic therapy. Therefore, we tested serum samples for Schistosoma-specific circulating anodic antigen to diagnose coinfection with schistosomiasis among consecutive HIV-positive adults with NTS bacteremia. The results suggest that active schistosomiasis is not associated with adverse outcome of NTS bacteremia in this population, in contrast to other groups.

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