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Antibiotic resistance in HIV patients

Hello,
I was wondering how long it would take an individual to show resistance to antibiotics because of HIV/AIDS.
I've been battling campylobacter (food poisoning) for 6 weeks which I got while traveling in Spain.  I can't seem to shed the bug, after three courses of antibiotics I still have mild symptoms.  I read that HIV/AIDS infected individuals are more likely to show resistance to antibiotics in individuals with Campylobacter.  My last sexual encounter was around 7 weeks ago and I was tested after 5 weeks for HIV and it came back negative.  My question is whether somone could show resistance to antibiotics within the first weeks of exposure or is this more common in more advanced stages of HIV/AIDS?

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You don't get resistance to antibiotics with HIV or AIDS. I have to take an antibiotic everyday and have for the last three years seven months.
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Symptoms are MEANINGLESS when it comes to determining whether you have HIV.  There are NO specific HIV symptoms.  If you in deed had a real risk, then only a test 3 months after the exposure will let you know your conclusive status.  Your five week results are encouraging, but again, if you have had a real risk, then you need to test out to three months for conclusive result.
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