Detection of Mycoplasma fermentons in broncho-alveolar lavage fluid specimens from AIDS patients with lower respiratory tract infection

HIV Medicine

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 219-223

  Ainsworth, J G ^a,d   Clarke, J ^a   Lipman, M ^c   UMitchell ^b   Taylor Robinson, D ^a  

^a Sections of Genitourinary Medicine

^b ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^d NORTH MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

AIDS; Bronchoscopy; Lower respiratory tract infection; Mycoplasma fermentons

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIDS RELATED COMPLEX; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LUNG LAVAGE; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOPLASMA HOMINIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; MYCOPLASMA FERMENTANS; MYCOPLASMA INFECTIONS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0034303873     PISSN: 14642662     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1468-1293.2000.00032.x     Document Type: Article

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