Bone marrow aspiration, biopsy, and culture in the evaluation of HIV-infected patients for invasive mycobacteria and histoplasma infections

American Journal of Hematology

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 100-106

  Miller, Connie H ^a,b   Dilley, Anne ^a   Richardson, Lisa ^a   Craig Hooper, W ^a   Evatt, Bruce L ^a  

^a NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

AIDS; Bone marrow; HIV; MAC; Mycobacterium; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; BONE MARROW CULTURE; BONE MARROW EXAMINATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HISTOPLASMA CAPSULATUM; HISTOPLASMOSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG LAVAGE; MALE; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM INTRACELLULARE AVIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPUTUM CULTURE; TUBERCULOSIS; VIRUS INFECTION;

ADULT; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; BILIRUBIN; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; BLOOD CELLS; BONE MARROW; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; FEMALE; FEVER; HISTOPLASMOSIS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0035011458     PISSN: 03618609     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajh.1086     Document Type: Article

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