Multiple serovars of Mycobacterium avium complex in patients with AIDS

APMIS

Volumn 104, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 318-320

  Julander, Inger ^a   Hoffner, Sven ^b   Petrini, Björn ^c   Östlund, Lennart ^d  

^a Department of Infectious Diseases ^*  (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d DANDERYD HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

AIDS; M. avium; Mycobacterium; Serovar

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL;

EID: 0029886696     PISSN: 09034641     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1699-0463.1996.tb00723.x     Document Type: Article

References (10)

1. Arbeit, R. D., Slutsky, A., Barber, T. W. et al.: Genetic diversity of Mycobacterium avium strains causing monoclonal and polyclonal bacteremia in patients with AIDS. J. Infect. Dis. 167: 1384-1390, 1993.
2. Askgaard, D. S., Giese, S. B., Thybo, S., Lerche, A. & Bennedsen, J.: Serovars of Mycobacterium avium complex isolated in Denmark. J. Clin. Microbiol. 32: 2880-2882, 1994.
3. Hampson, S. J., Thompson, J., Moss, M. T., Portaels, F. et al.: DNA probes demonstrate a single highly conserved strain of Mycobacterium avium infecting AIDS patients. Lancet 1: 65-68, 1989.
4. Hoffner, S. E., Källenius, G., Brennan, P., Petrini, B. & Tsang, A. Y.: Serovars of Mycobacterium avium complex isolated from patients in Sweden. J. Clin. Microbiol. 28: 1105-1107, 1990.
5. Horsburgh, C. R., Metchock, B. G. McGowan, J. E. Jr. et al.: Clinical implications of recovery of Mycobacterium avium complex from the stool or respiratory tract of HIV-infected individuals. AIDS 6: 512-514, 1992.
6. Jorup-Rönström, C., Julander, I. & Petrini, B.: Efficacy of triple drug regimen of amikacin, ethambutol and rifabutin in AIDS patients with symptomatic Mycobacterium avium complex infection. J. Infect. 26: 67-70, 1993.
7. Nightingale, S. D., Byrd, L. T., Southern, P. L. Jockusch, J. D., Cal, S. X. & Wynne, B. A.: Incidence of Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare complex bacteria in human immunodeficiency virus-positive patients. J. Infect. Dis. 165: 1082-1085, 1992.
8. von Reyn, C. F., Maslow, J. N., Barber, T. W., Falkinham II, J. O. & Arbeit, R. D.: Persistent colonisation of potable water as a source of Mycobacterium avium infection in AIDS. lancet 343: 1137-1141, 1994.
9. Schaefer, W. B.: Serologic identification and classification of the atypical mycobacteria by their agglutination. Ann. Rev. Respir. Dis. 92: 85-93, 1965.
10. Tsang, A. Y., Denner, J. C., Brennan, P. J. & McClatchy, K.: clinical epidemiological importance of typing Mycobacterium avium isolates. J. Clin. Microbiol. 30: 479-484, 1992.