Bone marrow cultures for the diagnosis of mycobacterial and fungal infections in patients infected with the human immunodeficiency virus

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 3, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 908-912

  Talbot, E A ^a   Reller, L B ^a,b   Frothingham, R ^a,c  

^a Division of Infectious Diseases   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c DURHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

AIDS related opportunistic infections; Bone marrow; Diagnosis; Fungal infections; Mycobacterial infections; Mycobacterium avium

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; PROTEINASE INHIBITOR;

AIDS RELATED COMPLEX; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; BONE MARROW CULTURE; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIARRHEA; FEVER; FUNGUS; HISTOPLASMA CAPSULATUM; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM CHELONEI; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PANCYTOPENIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TUBERCULOSIS;

AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; BONE MARROW CELLS; CELLS, CULTURED; FUNGI; HIV-1; HUMANS; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; MYCOSES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0032831566     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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