HighStaphylococcus aureus nasal carriage rate in patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome or AIDS-related complex

Ciprofloxacin-resistant methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in an acute-care hospital

“…We analyzed the impact of HIV-related disease on the emergence of ciprofloxacin-resistant MRSA; in fact, patients with HIV-related disease seemed to be prone to increased levels of infection and colonization with S. aureus (9,20,21), are frequently hospitalized, and often receive ciprofloxacin for treatment of Mycobacterium avium-M. intracellulare or other infections.…”

Antibiotic sensitivity pattern of <i>Staphylococcus aureus</i> from clinical isolates in a tertiary health institution in Kano, Northwestern Nigeria

“…Increased nasal colonization rates have been noted in insulin dependent diabetes [3], individuals on haemodialysis [4], those on ambulatory peritoneal dialysis [5], intravenous drug users [6] and patients receiving routine allergy injections [7]. It has also been suggested that patients with symptomatic human immunodeficiency virus infection have an increased colonization risks [8].…”

Activation of the human immunodeficiency virus long terminal repeat in THP-1 cells by a staphylococcal extracellular product.

“…Staphylococci, thus, may influence the progression of HIV infection through their release ofcomponents that affect viral transcription through activation ofthe LTR. Patients infected with HIV have an-increased incidence of S. aureus infection (22)(23)(24), which appears to be related to an increased skin and mucous membrane carriage rate (25)(26)(27). Normal human serum strongly inhibited the activation of the LTR by staphylococcal products, as did FBS.…”