Acid-alcohol fast bacilli in sputa of HIV-infected patients

International Journal of STD and AIDS

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 606-608

  Sullivan, Ann K ^a   Hannan, M M ^a   Azadian, B S ^a   Easterbrook, P J ^a   Gazzard, B G ^a   Nelson, M R ^a  

^a CHELSEA AND WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acid alcohol fast bacilli; Human immunodeficiency virus; Mycobacterium avium intracellulare and tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN;

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM FORTUITUM; MYCOBACTERIUM INTRACELLULARE AVIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM KANSASII; MYCOBACTERIUM MALMOENSE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPUTUM SMEAR; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM COMPLEX; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM-INTRACELLULARE INFECTION; MYCOBACTERIUM FORTUITUM; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS, ATYPICAL; MYCOBACTERIUM KANSASII; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPUTUM; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0032832957     PISSN: 09564624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/0956462991914744     Document Type: Article

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