Predictors of short- and long-term survival in HIV-infected patients admitted to the ICU.

Study Objectives: To evaluate the prognosis of HIV-infected patients admitted to ICUs and to identify factors predictive of short- and long-term survival.

Design: A prospective study from January 1, 1990, to December 31, 1992, including all consecutive HIV-infected patients admitted to our ICU for the first time. ICU survivors were followed up until January 1, 1994.

[Induced expectoration: its role in the diagnosis of pneumocystis carinii pneumonia].

Objectives: The purpose of this retrospective study was to describe the changes and the effect of Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PCP) prophylaxis on induced sputum sensitivity during these five last years

Methods: An induced sputum examination was performed in 80 cases of PCP over a 5-year period.

Results: The induced sputum were positive in 30 cases (sensitivity = 37.5%).

A nosocomial outbreak of multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium bovis among HIV-infected patients. A case-control study.

Objective: To identify risk factors in a nosocomial outbreak of multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium bovis (MDRMB) tuberculosis (TB) among HIV-infected patients.

Design: We evaluated the study period (from the first to the last MDRMB smear-positive patients hospitalized in the unit) using a case-control study with three control groups. Since MDRMB is extremely rare, we assumed that a single strain was responsible for all six cases.