Cellulitis in HIV Disease - Abstracts
Cellulitis and soft tissue infection in patients with HIV disease: epidemiological and microbiological features
[Article in Italian]
Manfredi R, Chiodo F.
Dipartimento di Medicina Clinica Specialistica e Sperimentale, Sezione di Malattie Infettive, Universit degli Studi di Bologna, Policlinico S. Orsola-Malpighi, Bologna.
In order to assess the epidemiological, microbiological, and clinical features of cellulitis and soft tissue infection occurring during the course of HIV disease, clinical and laboratory data of 2221 hospitalizations carried out since 1991 were retrospectively examined, and 67 bacteriologically-proven episodes of cellulitis-soft tissue infection were identified (3.02% of overall admissions). Among the 92 cultured pathogens, Staphylococcus aureus was the most frequent (46 cases), followed by Pseudomonas spp., Escherichia coli, and Streptococcus pyogenes; 38.1% of patients had a polymicrobial infection. i.v. drug use (p<.02) and the male gender (p<.05), were significantly associated with the occurrence of these complications, while a great variation in the severity of underlying immunodeficiency was shown. An elevated rate (83.6%) of episodes of cellulitis or soft tissue infection were community-acquired in origin; the comprehensive frequency of these episodes significantly dropped during the highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) era (p<.01). Limbs were involved in over 80% of episodes, and an hematogenous dissemination of bacterial infection (which occurred in 25.4% of cases), proved significantly related to a CD4+ lymphocyte count <100>
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Epidemiology and microbiology of cellulitis and bacterial soft tissue infection during HIV disease: a 10-year survey
Manfredi R, Calza L, Chiodo F.
Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Bologna, S. Orsola Hospital, Bologna, Italy.
BACKGROUND:
Cellulitis and soft tissue infection are underestimated complications of HIV disease.
PATIENTS AND METHODS:
Sixty-seven bacteriologically proven consecutive episodes were identified among 2221 HIV-infected patients hospitalized in a 10-year period, and assessed according to several epidemiological, microbiological and clinical variables.
RESULTS:
Staphylococcus aureus was the most frequently cultured pathogen (50% of 92 isolates), followed by Pseudomonas spp., Escherichia coli and Streptococcus pyogenes; a polymicrobial infection was present in 38.1% of episodes. Drug addiction (p <>
CONCLUSION:
Skin and soft tissue infections are continuing causes of morbidity in HIV-infected patients, even in the highly active antiretroviral therapy era.PMID: 11972714
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