Table 5

In-hospital Mortality Associated With Pathogens Causing Blood Stream Infection in Patients With HIV Infection


Survivors, no.
Nonsurvivors, no.
Pathogen
(%) (n = 72)
(%) (n = 16)

Gram-negative bacteria
32 (94)
2 (6)
     Escherichia coli
14 (100)
0
     Pseudomonas aeruginosa
6 (100)
0
     Salmonella typhi
5 (100)
0
     Enterobacter cloacae
1 (50)
1 (50)
     Acinetobacter baumanii
1 (100)
0
     Proteus vulgaris
1 (100)
0
     Aeromonas hydrophila
1 (100)
0
     Haemophilus influenzae
1 (100)
0
     Pseudomonas stutzeri
1 (100)
0
     Proteus mirabilis
0
1 (100)
     Klebsiella pneumoniae and S typhi
1 (100)
0
Gram-positive bacteria
40 (74)
14 (26)
     Streptococcus pneumoniae
18 (86)
3 (14)
     Staphylococcus aureus
7 (58)
5 (42)
     Enterococcus species
7 (87)
1 (13)
     Streptococcus viridans
6 (75)
2 (25)
     Streptococcus equisimilis
1 (100)
0
     Coagulase-negative Staphylococcus
1 (50)
1 (50)
     Group C Streptococcus species
0
1 (100)
     Nonhemolytic Streptococcus species
0
1 (100)

HIV, human immunodeficiency virus.

Afessa et al. BMC Infectious Diseases 2001 1:13   doi:10.1186/1471-2334-1-13