Table 3.
Detection of bacteria/fungi in the lung of AIDS autopsies
| Case No. | Clinical diagnosis | Pathological diagnosis | Detected bacteria by multibacteria real-time PCR (Copy number) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Toxoplasma encephalitis, PCP | Blonchial pneumonia, Adrenal CMV infection, Epididymis small abscess | P.aeruginosa (4476), S.aureus (171), C.albicans (66), F.nucleatum (56), S.maltophilia (26) |
| 2 | PCP, SLE | PCP, CMV pneumonia, SLE | S.aureus (44), S.maltophilia (41), P.acnes (20), E.faecium (14) |
| 3 | No Data | No Data | P.aeruginosa (20406), E.faecalis (174), E.meningoseptica (55), C.albicans (42), S.maltophilia (23) |
| 4 | CMV infection, Pulmonary edema, DIC | Systemic CMV infection | Not detected |
| 5 | CMV retinaitis, CMV colitis, Atypical mycobacterial disease, Chronic blonchial pneumonia, Kidney disfarction, Liver mass | Atypical mycobacterial disease, ML, CMV infection | MAC (18721), P.aeruginosa (6746), M.kansasii (4468), S.aureus (167), S.maltophilia (97), Providencia (42), E.meningoseptica (33), M.morganii (32), C.albicans (30), P.acnes (22), E.faecalis (10) |
| 6 | ML, Cryptococcus meningitis, CMV retinaitis, Aspiration pneumonitis | ML, Cryptococcus meningitis, CMV infection, sepsis | S.aureus (38515), E.faecalis (70) |
| 7 | PML, Aspiration pneumonitis, Hemophilia A, Oral candidiasis, Chronic hepatitis C | PML, Organized pneumonia | E.coli (7217224), Providencia (95254), K.pneumoniae (87912), P.aeruginosa (5784), E.faecalis (352), S.aureus (36), E.meningoseptica (31) |
| 8 | PCP, CMV pneumonia | Severe pneumonia (PCP and CMV pneumonia) | M.tuberculosis (125), E.meningosepticum (36), S.aureus (21) |
| 9 | Kidney disfunction induced drug, ML, Lung abscess (P.aeruginosa), KS, CMV infection, Amoeba liver abscess, adrenal disfanction | ML, CMV infection, Lung abscess, KS | P.aeruginosa (5891), E.faecalis (3423), S.aureus (45), B.fragills (26) |
| 10 | No Data | No Data | P.aeruginosa (727389), Providencia (65430), E.faecalis (4093), S.oralis (749), E.faecium (734), C.albicans (202), P.acnes (70), S.maltophilia (52), S.aureus (20) |
CMV: cytomegalovirus, KS: Kaposi’s sarcoma, ML: malignant lymphoma, PCP: Pneumocystis pneumonia, PML: progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy, SLE: systemic lupus erythematosus; B.fragills: Bacteroides fragills, C.albicans: Candida albicans, E.coli: Escherichia coli, E.faecalis: Enterococcus faecalis E.faecium: Enterococcus faecium, E.meningoseptica: Elizabethkingia meningoseptica, F.nucleatum: Fusobacterium nucleatum, K.pneumoniae: Klebsiella pneumoniae, M.kansasii: Mycobacterium kansasii, M.morganii: Morganella morganii, M.tuberculosis: Mycobacterium tuberculosis, MAC: Mycobacterium avium complex, P.acnes: Propionibacterium acnes, P.aeruginosa: Pseudomonas aeruginosa, S.aureus: Staphylococcus aureus, S.maltophilia: Stenotrophomonas maltophilia, S.oralis: Streptococcus oralis.