Differences in Rhodococcus equi Infections Based on Immune Status and Antibiotic Susceptibility of Clinical Isolates in a Case Series of 12 Patients and Cases in the Literature

Table 4

Comparison of mortality in R. equi-infected HIV⁺ patients in pre-HAART and HAART era in the seven studies under analysis.

Studies	Total HIV patients	Diagnosed before 1997 (pre-HAART era)	Diagnosed in or after 1997 (HAART era)	Patients died (%) (pre-HAART era)	Patients died (%) (HAART era)
Europe	113	93	20	52 (56)	1 (5)
United States^†	18	12	6	7 (58)	1 (17)
Total	131	105	26	59 (56)	2 (8)

From Arlotti et al. [11], Donisi et al. [12], Topino et al. [13], and Torres-Tortosa et al. [16].
^†From the cases in the Central Kentucky reported in the present study, Scott et al. [14], and Verville et al. [15].