Invasive disease caused by nontuberculous mycobacteria, Tanzania

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 53-55

  Crump, John A ^a,b,c,d   Van Ingen, Jakko ^e,f   Morrissey, Anne B ^a   Boeree, Martin J ^e   Mavura, Daudi R ^c,d,g   Swai, Britta ^c,d   Thielman, Nathan M ^a,b   Bartlett, John A ^a,b,c,d   Grossman, Henning ^c,d,g   Maro, Venance P ^c,d   Van Soolingen, Dick ^f  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c KILIMANJARO CHRISTIAN MEDICAL CENTRE   (Tanzania)

^d TUMAINI UNIVERSITY   (Tanzania)

^e RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^f NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^g Regional Dermatology Training Centre   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABACAVIR PLUS LAMIVUDINE PLUS ZIDOVUDINE; AZITHROMYCIN; BACTERIAL DNA; DNA 16S; ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; LAMIVUDINE PLUS NEVIRAPINE PLUS STAVUDINE; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADULT; AFRICA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CASE REPORT; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; GRANULOMATOUS INFLAMMATION; HEPATOSPLENOMEGALY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INVASIVE NONTUBERCULOUS MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTION; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALE; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM SHERRISII; MYCOBACTERIUM SIMIAE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; RETROPERITONEAL LYMPHADENOPATHY; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN NECROSIS; TANZANIA; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADULT; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHAPERONINS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM COMPLEX; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM-INTRACELLULARE INFECTION; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TANZANIA;

EID: 58849114238     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1501.081093     Document Type: Article

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