Revista clínica española
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Revista clínica española · Oct 1996
[Bacteremia caused by Pseudomonas aeruginosa in patients with AIDS].
Severe infections caused by Pseudomonas aeruginosa are uncommon in patients infected with HIV. These infections are usually recurrent, bear a poor prognosis and their potential for nosocomial transmission is questioned. From May 1991 to December 1994, a total of 2,739 admissions were recorded at the VIH Unit in our hospital. ⋯ With molecular typing techniques homologies over 98% were demonstrated for the two episodes in patient 4 and the episode in patient 3 (very close in time, 1993) and almost 99% between the isolate from patient 7 and the two isolates (identical) from patient 6. The other three isolates had relationship (to themselves and to the other isolates) lower than 97%. Our findings suggest that patient-to-patient transmission of severe infections caused by P. aeruginosa in patients with AIDS.