Nasopharyngeal carriage and antimicrobial susceptibility profile of among patients infected with HIV in Jakarta, Indonesia.

In this study, the prevalence of nasopharyngeal carriage and the antimicrobial susceptibility profile of were investigated in children and adults with HIV infection in Jakarta, Indonesia. Thirty-four isolates were identified in the children (=16/90; 18%) and adults (=18/200; 9%) infected with HIV. All isolates were nontypeable and were less susceptible to ampicillin (62%) and trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole (41%). In this study, the strains carried by patients infected with HIV were dominated by non-capsulated types.