Prevalence and clinical manifestations of disseminated Mycobacterium avium complex infection in South Africans with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 33, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 2068-2071

  Pettipher, Clive A ^a   Karstaedt, Alan S ^a   Hopley, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

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Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; AFRICA; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERODIAGNOSIS;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM COMPLEX; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM-INTRACELLULARE INFECTION; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0035893147     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/323979     Document Type: Article

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