Persistence of Pseudomonas aeruginosa strains in respiratory infection in AIDS patients.

Objectives: To establish the clinical pattern of Pseudomonas aeruginosa respiratory infections in HIV-seropositive patients and to determine whether repeated isolation of the organism represents reinfection or recurrence and to assess whether common source, nosocomial infection occurred.

Design And Methods: Evaluation of the clinical pattern of P. aeruginosa respiratory infections by case note review and epidemiological characterization of P.

An outbreak of Salmonella enteritidis in a maternity and neonatal intensive care unit.

An outbreak of Salmonella enteritidis in a maternity and neonatal intensive care unit is described. The outbreak involved six babies and three mothers over a period of 23 days. The index case presented with premature labour with chorioamnionitis caused by S.

Staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome in an HIV-1 seropositive man.

The staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome (SSSS) is very rare in adults. Renal impairment and immunocompromise are predisposing causes. We report a 38-year-old HIV-1 seropositive intravenous drug abuser who developed SSSS due to staphylococcal pneumonia.