Mycobacterium genavense in AIDS patients, report of 24 cases in Italy and review of the literature

European Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 219-224

  Tortoli, Enrico ^a,i   Brunello, Francesca ^b   Cagni, A Elisabetta ^c   Colombrita, Domenico ^d   Dionisio, Daniele ^a   Grisendi, Luciano ^e   Manfrin, Vinicio ^f   Moroni, Marco ^g   Tosi, Cristiana Passerini ^h   Pinsi, Gabriele ^d   Scarparo, Claudio ^f   Simonetti, M Tullia ^a  

^a CAREGGI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF VERONA   (Italy)

^c SAN GERARDO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d Laboratorio di Microbiologia   (Italy)

^e Laboratorio di Microbiologia   (Italy)

^f SAN BORTOLO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^g Ospedale Civile USSL 34   (Italy)

^h Laboratorio di Microbiologia   (Italy)

ⁱ Lab di Microbiologia e Virologia   (Italy)

Author keywords

AIDS; Disseminated infection; Mycobacterium genavense

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; MYCOLIC ACID;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOOD CULTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ITALY; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM GENAVENSE; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 7144262398     PISSN: 03932990     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007401305708     Document Type: Article

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