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To our knowledge, no such studies have been performed in Harris County which has the highest incidence of HIV in the state of Texas.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>We reviewed all BMABs from patients with HIV\/AIDS and FUO or persistent cytopenia(s) from 2007 to 2011.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      Of 57 evaluable patients, BMAB was positive in 24 samples by acid fast bacilli (AFB) or Gomori methenamine silver (GMS) stains (17.5%), presence of granuloma and\/or lymphohistiocytic aggregates (31.6%), culture (21.0%) or a combination. Cultures demonstrated\n                      <jats:italic>Mycobacterium avium\/intracellulare<\/jats:italic>\n                      (4),\n                      <jats:italic>M tuberculosis<\/jats:italic>\n                      (2),\n                      <jats:italic>M gordonae<\/jats:italic>\n                      (1),\n                      <jats:italic>Histoplasma capsulatum<\/jats:italic>\n                      (3) and\n                      <jats:italic>Cryptococcus neoformans<\/jats:italic>\n                      (2). There were three cases in which a pathogen was grown in culture but that had a negative of \u2018direct examination\u2019 on tissue sections (negative AFB and GMS special stains, no morphological evidence of granuloma\/lymphohistiocytic infiltrates).\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>This study supports the use of diagnostic BMAB as a rapid decision-making tool in patients with HIV and FUO in the proper clinical setting. BMAB demonstrated infection-related evidence prior to positive bone marrow culture in 75% of cases. Special stains and blood cultures had similar diagnostic yield, but BMAB offers faster results. 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