Discusses the prevalence and nature of bacteremias and fungemias in patients with AIDS. Result of the colony counts of blood using lysis-centrifugation technique; Measurement of neutrophil from patients; Implication of the severity of the T-cell defect for the infections.
A definition of the term "lysis-centrifugation" which refers to a technique for detecting microorganisms in a specimen of body fluid, in which the cells in the fluid are mixed in a tube, and then allowed to stand to allow its cellular components to break down is presented.