The international epidemiology of disseminated Mycobacterium avium complex infection in AIDS

AIDS

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 1025-1032

  Von Reyn, C Fordham ^a   Arbeit, Robert D ^b   Tosteson, Anna N A ^a   Ristola, Matti A ^c   Barber, Thomas W ^d   Waddell, Richard ^a   Sox, Carol H ^a   Brindle, Richard J ^e   Gilks, Charles F ^e   Ranki, Annamari ^f,i   Bartholomew, Courtenay ^g   Edwards, Jeffrey ^g   Falkinham III, Joseph O ^h   O'Connor, Gerald T ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Aurora Hospital   (Finland)

^d BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^f HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^g UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

^h VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

AIDS; Bronchoscopy; Finland; Fish; Granulocyte colony stimulating factor; Kenya; Mycobacterium avium; Swimming pools; Trinidad; Tuberculosis bacille Calmette Guerin

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMAN; KENYA; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM INTRACELLULARE AVIUM; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0242354855     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002030-199610090-00014     Document Type: Article

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