Bacterial isolates from small intestinal aspirates from 32 HIV-1 infected patients with and without diarrhoea and controls
| Bacteria | Patients | Controls (n=7) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diarrhoea (n=21) | No diarrhoea (n=11) | ||||
| Gram positive cocci | |||||
| Streptococcussp. | 16 (<103−105) | 4 (<103−4×103) | 4 (<103−8×104) | ||
| Staphylococcus sp. | 4 (<103−7×103) | 2 (103) | 2 (<103−6×103) | ||
| Stomatococcus sp. | — | 1 (7×104) | — | ||
| Bacillus pumilus | 1 (105) | — | — | ||
| Gram positive rods | |||||
| Lactobacillus sp. | 6 (103−105) | 4 (104−105) | 1 (2×103) | ||
| Corynebacterium sp. | 4 (103−4×104) | 2 (103−104) | 2 (<103−2×103) | ||
| Gram negative rods | |||||
| Pseudomonas aeruginosa | 3 (103−2×104) | 1 (<103) | 1 (>105) | ||
| Escherichia coli | 4 (103−105) | — | 1 (2×103) | ||
| Klebsiellasp. | 3 (103−105) | — | — | ||
| Acinetobacter sp. | 1 (105) | — | — | ||
| Enterobacter agglomerans | 1 (2×103) | — | — | ||
| Gram negative cocci | |||||
| Neisseria sp. | 2 (2×103−104) | 1 (103) | 1 (2×104) | ||
| Gram negative coccobacilli | |||||
| Haemophilus parainfluenzae | — | — | 1 (4×103) | ||
| Anaerobes | |||||
| Prevotella sp. | 1 (<103) | 1 (3×103) | — | ||
| Peptostreptococcus | 13-150 | — | — | ||
| Veillonella sp. | 1 (<103) | — | 1 (103) | ||
| Propionibacterium acnes | 1 (<103) | — | — | ||
| Bacteroides fragilis | 1 (2×104) | — | — | ||
| Clostridia perfringes | — | — | 1 (<103) | ||
Values are expressed as number of patients and range of CFU/ml.
↵3-150 Colony counts not determined.