Fatal infection with a novel, unidentified mycobacterium in a man with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 323, Issue 2, 1990, Pages 109-113

  Hirschel, Bernard ^a   Chang, Hernan R ^b   Mach, Nicolas ^b   Piguet, Pierre Francois ^b   Cox, Jeremiah ^b   Piguet, Jean Daniel ^c   Silva, Manuel T ^d   Larsson, Lennart ^e   Klatser, Paul R ^f   Thole, Jelle E R ^f   Rigouts, Leen ^g   Portaels, Francoise ^g  

^a Division of Infectious Diseases   (United States)

^b Department of Microbiology ^*  (United States)

^c GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^e LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^f Royal Tropical Institute   (United States)

^g Institute of Tropical Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHROMATOGRAPHY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; INFECTION; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ANIMAL; CASE REPORT; DNA, BACTERIAL; HUMAN; MACROPHAGES; MALE; MICE; MICE, NUDE; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOLIC ACIDS; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0025294140     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199007123230207     Document Type: Article

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