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P aeruginosa is the most common pathogen causing bacterial pneumonia in our patients [ 25 ] . However, compared with pneumococcal pneumonia, Pseudomonas pneumonia is less likely to be associated with bacteremia [ 25 ] . The annual incidence rate of P aeruginosa infection in patients with HIV infection is estimated to be 2.51 cases per 100 admissions [ 22 ] . P aeruginosa has been reported to be the causative agent of 7.6% to 18% of bacteremias in hospitalized patients with HIV infection [ 14 16 20 ] . In the present study, P aeruginosa was responsible for 6% of the bacteremias.
The lack of association between bacteremia and low CD4 +lymphocyte count or leukopenia in the present study may reflect the earlier stage of HIV infection in our patient population.
At four hours, only one of the three mice showed a significant bacteremia in any sample tested.
The earlier stage of HIV infection in the injection drug users in our study may explain their lower bacteremia rate.
Bacteremia is more common in hospitalized HIV-positive patients than in HIV-negative patients [ 9 ] . The incidence of nonmycobacterial bacteremias in hospitalized patients with HIV ranges from 2% to 9% [ 10 11 12 ] . Most blood stream infections in patients with HIV are community acquired [ 13 14 ] . In developed countries, the incidence rate of HIV-associated bacteremia has declined after the introduction of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) [ 14 15 ] . In the present study, the incidence of blood stream infection among hospitalized patients with HIV was 7%, and most of these infections were community acquired.
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