Invasive Nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae Infection Among Adults With HIV in Metropolitan Atlanta, Georgia, 2008-2018.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Invasive nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae (NTHi) infection among adults is typically associated with bacteremic pneumonia. Nontypeable H influenzae is genetically diverse and clusters of infection are uncommon.

Objective

To evaluate an increase in invasive NTHi infection from 2017-2018 among HIV-infected men who have sex with men in metropolitan Atlanta, Georgia.

Design, setting, and participants

A population-based surveillance study with a cohort substudy and descriptive epidemiological analysis identified adults aged 18 years or older with invasive NTHi infection (isolation of NTHi from a normally sterile site) between January 1, 2008, and December 31, 2018 (final date of follow-up).

Exposures

Time period, HIV status, and genetic relatedness (ie,

SUBMITTER: Collins LF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6990662 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature