Gram positive bacterial infections in immunocompromised patients with HIV infection

Gram positive bacterial infections in immunocompromised patients with HIV infection

Methods We performed a retrospective and compared study, between 01 January 2007 – 31 December 2010, in the Infectious Diseases Hospital of Craiova, on two groups of adults patients (Px): group A 114 PIH and group B 1442 Px non HIV, which had been diagnosed with nontuberculosis bacterial infections (BI) with established etiology. For each group we analyzed the incidence, clinical spectrum, etio...

Bacterial Infections: Gram-Positive Cocci

Emerging gram-positive bacterial infections.

Over the last several decades, a number of previously known or newly described species of gram-positive bacteria have emerged as important human pathogens, particularly in industrialized countries. These microbes have demonstrated an impressive ability to produce an array of striking infectious diseases never before seen or only infrequently encountered in the past. Despite aggressive therapeut...

Bacterial Infections: Gram-Positive Cocci

Invasive gram-positive bacterial infection in cancer patients.

Systematic studies have shown that gram-positive organisms are the leading cause of invasive bacterial disease in patients with cancer. A broad range of gram-positive bacteria cause serious infections in the cancer patient with the greatest burden of disease being due to staphylococci, streptococci, and enterococci. The evolution of cancer therapy and the changing epidemiology of major gram-pos...