Detection of bloodstream pathogens in a bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG)-vaccinated pediatric population in Malawi: a pilot study.
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Journal Article
Children in Malawi receive bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccination within the first 3 days of life. Thus, we hypothesized that Malawian children infected with the human immunodeficiency type 1 virus (HIV-1) might be particularly vulnerable to dissemination of the BCG Mycobacterium bovis strain with which they were vaccinated. Following informed consent by parents, we studied children admitted to a Malawi general hospital during the 1998 wet and dry seasons. Blood from cohorts of acutely ill children was cultured for bacteria, including mycobacteria, and fungi, and tested for anti-HIV-1 antibodies. It was shown that non-typhi Salmonella and Escherichia coli were the predominant bloodstream pathogens during the wet and dry seasons, and that bloodstream dissemination of the BCG M. bovis strain is uncommon in HIV-1-infected children who receive the BCG vaccine.
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Duke Authors
Cited Authors
- Archibald, LK; Nwanyanwu, O; Kazembe, PN; Mwansambo, C; Bell, M; Dobbie, H; Reller, LB; Jarvis, WR
Published Date
- March 2003
Published In
Volume / Issue
- 9 / 3
Start / End Page
- 234 - 238
PubMed ID
- 12667257
Pubmed Central ID
- 12667257
International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)
- 1198-743X
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
- 10.1046/j.1469-0691.2003.00517.x
Language
- eng
Conference Location
- England