| fever and human immunodeficiency virus infection as sentinels for emerging mycobacterial and fungal bloodstream infections in hospitalized patients >/=15 years old, bangkok. | to determine the etiology of bloodstream infections (bsis) in hospitalized patients >/=15 years old in thailand, prospectively enrolled, consecutive febrile (>/=38 degrees c) patients were admitted to one hospital during february-april 1997. after a patient history was taken and a physical examination was performed, blood was obtained for comprehensive culture and human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) testing. of 246 study patients, 119 (48%) had bsis, and 182 (74%) were infected with hiv. the 2 mo ... | 1999 | 10353865 |