Similar serovar and drug susceptibility profiles among AIDS-related Mycobacterium avium isolates from diverse geographic locations

American Journal of the Medical Sciences

Volumn 313, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 352-354

  Jacobs, Nicholas J ^a   Von Reyn, C Fordham ^a   Gine, Nurie ^a   Dawson, David ^b  

^a DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b QUEENSLAND HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

AIDS; Mycobacterium avium; Mycobacterium avium antibiotic susceptibilities; Mycobacterium avium serotypes

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; ANTIMYCOBACTERIAL AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; CLOFAZIMINE; ETHAMBUTOL; RIFABUTIN; SPARFLOXACIN;

AIDS RELATED COMPLEX; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FINLAND; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; KENYA; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; SEROTYPING; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030960143     PISSN: 00029629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000441-199706000-00007     Document Type: Article

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