Analysis of Mycobacterium avium Complex Serovars Isolated from AIDS Patients from Southeast Brazil

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 471-475

  Saad, Maria Helena Féres ^a   Vincent, Veronique ^b   Dawson, David J ^c   Palaci, Moisés ^d   Ferrazoli, Lucilaine ^d   De S Fonseca, Leila ^e  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^c QUEENSLAND HEALTH   (Australia)

^d INSTITUTO ADOLFO LUTZ   (Brazil)

^e FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Glicopeptidolipids; Mycobacterium avium; Mycoside C; Seroagglutination; Serovars

Indexed keywords

MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM COMPLEX; MYCOBACTERIUM INTRACELLULARE; MYCOBACTERIUM SCROFULACEUM;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AIDS RELATED COMPLEX; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL AND FUNGAL DISEASES; BIOLOGY; BRAZIL; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL RESEARCH; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASES; HEMATOLOGICAL EFFECTS; HEMIC SYSTEM; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTIONS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM INTRACELLULARE AVIUM; PHYSICAL DISEASE BY BODY FUNCTION; PHYSIOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT; SOUTH AMERICA; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; VIRAL DISEASES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AMERICAS; BACTERIAL AND FUNGAL DISEASES; BIOLOGY; BRAZIL; CLINICAL RESEARCH; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASES; HEMATOLOGICAL EFFECTS; HEMIC SYSTEM; HIV INFECTIONS; INFECTIONS; LATIN AMERICA; PHYSIOLOGY; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT; SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS; SOUTH AMERICA; VIRAL DISEASES;

AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; BRAZIL; HUMANS; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM COMPLEX; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS;

EID: 0031173934     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02761997000400004     Document Type: Article

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