Prevalence of disseminated Mycobacterium avium complex infection in thai AIDS patients

Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand

Volumn 82, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 643-647

  Chuchottaworn, Charoen ^a   Sathapatayawongs, Boonmee ^b   Tansuphsawadikul, Somsit ^c   Suwanagool, Surapol ^b   Kantipong, Pacharee ^d   Pornchaipoonthavee, Sopa ^a  

^a Central Chest Hospital Thailand   (Thailand)

^b MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c Bamrasnaradura Hospital   (Thailand)

^d Chiang Rai Prachanukhro Hospital   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome; Human Immunodeficiency Virus; Mycobacterium Avium Complex Infection; Thailand

Indexed keywords

AIDS RELATED COMPLEX; ARTICLE; ATYPICAL MYCOBACTERIOSIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; MYCOBACTERIUM INTRACELLULARE AVIUM; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; THAILAND;

AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM COMPLEX; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM-INTRACELLULARE INFECTION; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; THAILAND;

EID: 0033162536     PISSN: 01252208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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