Mycobacteria other than tuberculosis with an emphasis on Mycobacterium xenopi in clinical specimens from AIDS patients at the University Hospital of Vienna from 1989 to 1996

Wiener Klinische Wochenschrift

Volumn 111, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 56-58

  Stauffer, Fritz ^a   Bankier, Alexander A ^b   Strasser, Gertraud ^b   Kreuzer, Sören ^b   Lahounik, Elisabeth ^a   Rieger, Armin ^c  

^a Bundesstaatl Bakteriologische s   (Austria)

^b Allgemeines Krankhs der Stadt Wien   (Austria)

^c Universitatsklinik fur Dermatologie   (Austria)

Author keywords

AIDS; MOTT; Mycobacterium xenopi

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM XENOPEI; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULOSIS;

AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; AUSTRIA; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MASS SCREENING; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS, ATYPICAL; MYCOBACTERIUM XENOPI; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0033613880     PISSN: 00435325     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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