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Fifty-four episodes of Xanthomonas maltophilia infection were observed in 52 HIV-infected patients out of 2062 assessed (2.52%) over a 6-year period: sepsis/bacteraemia in 44 cases, lower airways infection in 5 cases, urinary tract infection and pharyngitis in 2 cases each, and lymph node involvement in one patient. X. maltophilia represented the fourth most common non-mycobacterial bacterial pathogen responsible for bacteraemia in HIV-infected patients: 44 cases out of 721 diagnosed (6.1%). When compared with non-typhoid Salmonella spp. bacteraemia, an increased risk to develop X. maltophilia disseminated infection was seen according to the progression of HIV-related immunodeficiency, the occurrence of leukopenia-neutropenia, central venous catheterization, previous antibiotic and/or corticosteroid treatment, and hospitalization. In 3 patients suffering from concurrent AIDS-related disorders, X. maltophilia infection contributed to death, while a recurrence occurred in 2 cases only. Due to the poor antimicrobial susceptibility of this pathogen (also confirmed in our series), X. maltophilia bacteraemia associated with advanced HIV infection and concurrent risk factors, may represent a potentially severe disease.
Int J STD AIDS 1998 Apr
PMID:Xanthomonas maltophilia: an emerging pathogen in patients with HIV disease. 959 46

Primary HIV can be asymptomatic or result in a severe symptomatic illness. Common symptoms are pyrexia, pharyngitis, malaise, lethargy, maculopapular rash, mucous membrane ulceration, lymphadenopathy and headache. It can be reliably diagnosed by a positive virologic test in the absence of HIV-specific antibodies. Progression to late-stage disease is influenced by the severity of the symptoms in primary HIV infection, the duration of the illness, the presence of neurological symptoms and the presence of oral candidiasis. This stage is characterized by a very high viral load and infectiousness. Currently the experimental data are insufficient to recommend whether or not those diagnosed with primary HIV infection should routinely receive antiretroviral therapy.
Int J STD AIDS 2002 Feb
PMID:Primary HIV infection. 1183 60

Streptococcus pyogenes (the Lancefield group A streptococcus) is a cause of pharyngitis and impetigo. However, it has rarely been implicated as a sexually transmitted pathogen. We herein report two cases of severe balanitis due to S. pyogenes in sexually active men. It is postulated that penile cellulitis developed following the invasion of S. pyogenes through a traumatic abrasion acquired during fellatio performed by commercial sex workers. Both patients were treated successfully with oral administration of penicillin.
Int J STD AIDS 2005 Sep
PMID:Balanitis caused by Streptococcus pyogenes: a report of two cases. 1617 38