| epidemiology and clinical significance of nontuberculous mycobacteria in patients negative for human immunodeficiency virus in switzerland. | over the last decades, the rate of isolation of tubercle bacilli has declined in the developed countries, while the incidence of infection with nontuberculous mycobacteria (ntm) has increased. in a retrospective study, we analyzed all cases of patients negative for human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) and from whom ntm were isolated in the zurich area of switzerland from 1983 to 1988. during the 6-year study period, 513 patients infected with ntm were identified, 34 of whom had clinically signific ... | 1992 | 1520769 |
| condom use among patients attending six sexually transmitted disease clinics in switzerland. | persons treated for a sexually transmitted disease have been shown to be at increased risk for human immunodeficiency virus infection. levels of condom use among these patients are presented, and sociodemographic and behavioral factors associated with self-reported never use of condoms are analyzed. | 1995 | 7502184 |
| epidemic spread of a single clone of methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus among injection drug users in zurich, switzerland. | we describe an outbreak of methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (mrsa) among injection drug users (idus). from august 1994 through december 1999, we registered 31 idus with mrsa infections (12 with soft-tissue infection, 7 with pneumonia [fatal in 1], 7 with endocarditis [fatal in 1], 2 with osteomyelitis, 2 with septic arthritis, and 1 with ulcerative tonsillitis), with a marked increase in the number of idus registered during 1998 and 1999. of 31 patients, 15 (48%) were infected with hu ... | 2001 | 11181121 |