HIV infection as a risk factor for shigellosis

We investigated cases of shigellosis in San Francisco and Alameda Counties identified during 1996 by active laboratory surveillance to assess the role of HIV infection as a risk factor for shigellosis. Dramatically elevated rates of shigellosis in HIV-infected persons implicate HIV infection as an i...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Emerging infectious diseases 1999-11, Vol.5 (6), p.820-823
Hauptverfasser:	Baer, J T, Vugia, D J, Reingold, A L, Aragon, T, Angulo, F J, Bradford, W Z
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adolescent Adult Aged AIDS/HIV Causes of Child Child, Preschool Dysentery, Bacillary - diagnosis Dysentery, Bacillary - epidemiology Dysentery, Bacillary - etiology Female Health aspects HIV infection HIV Infections - complications Homosexuality, Male Hospitalization Humans Incidence Male Middle Aged Population Surveillance - methods Risk Factors San Francisco - epidemiology Shigella flexneri - isolation & purification Shigella sonnei - isolation & purification Shigellosis Travel United States
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Zusammenfassung:	We investigated cases of shigellosis in San Francisco and Alameda Counties identified during 1996 by active laboratory surveillance to assess the role of HIV infection as a risk factor for shigellosis. Dramatically elevated rates of shigellosis in HIV-infected persons implicate HIV infection as an important risk factor for shigellosis in San Francisco.
ISSN:	1080-6040 1080-6059
DOI:	10.3201/eid0506.990614