Volume 5, Number 6—December 1999
Dispatch
HIV Infection as a Risk Factor for Shigellosis1
Table 1
Characteristic | San Francisco (n = 228) | Alameda (n = 140) | p value |
---|---|---|---|
Male | 157/228 (69%) | 60/140 (43%) | <0.001 |
Age >18 | 181/227 (80%) | 57/140 (41%) | <0.001 |
Race | |||
White | 117/200 (59%) | 15/92 (16%) | <0.001 |
Black | 39/200 (20%) | 44/92 (48%) | <0.001 |
Hispanic | 37/200 (19%) | 22/92 (24%) | 0.285 |
Hospitalized | 22/201 (11%) | 12/140 (9%) | 0.472 |
HIV infection | 66/168 (39%) | 9/125 (7%) | <0.001 |
Foreign travel | 25/185 (14%) | NAa | |
Gay male | 96/190 (51%) | NAa | |
Recent sex | 70/136 (51%) | NAa |
aNA = not available
1Presented in part at the International Conference on Emerging Infections, March 1998, Atlanta, Georgia.
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