Non-tuberculous mycobacteria I: One year clinical isolates identification in Tertiary Hospital Aids Reference Center, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in pre highly active antiretroviral therapy era

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 97, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 725-729

  Ferreira, Rosa Maria Carvalho ^a   Saad, Maria Helena Féres ^b   Da Silva, Marlei Gomes ^c   De Souza Fonseca, Leila ^c  

^a Funda??o Oswaldo Cruz   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Acquired immunodeficiency; Biochemical identification; Brazil; IS1245; Non tuberculous mycobacteria; Rio de Janeiro; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

AIDS RELATED COMPLEX; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY, HIGHLY ACTIVE; BRAZIL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0036635867     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762002000500024     Document Type: Article

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