High rates of disseminated infection due to non-tuberculous mycobacteria among AIDS patients in Finland

Journal of Infection

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 61-67

  Ristola, Matti A ^a,h   Von Reyn, C Fordham ^b   Arbeit, Robert D ^d   Soini, Hanna ^e   Lumio, Jukka ^f   Ranki, Annamari ^a   Bühler, Suvi ^a   Waddell, Richard ^b   Tosteson, Anna N A ^c   Falkinham III, J O ^g   Sox, Carol H ^b  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b Neurology Department Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center   (United States)

^c DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^f TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

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

^h Aurora Hospital   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; COHORT ANALYSIS; FINLAND; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM GENAVENSE; MYCOBACTERIUM INTRACELLULARE AVIUM; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

EID: 13044249167     PISSN: 01634453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0163-4453(99)90104-4     Document Type: Article

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