Disseminated disease caused by Mycobacterium simiae in AIDS patients: A report of three cases

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 912-914

  Narang, R ^a,b   Narang, P ^b   Jain, A P ^b   Mendiratta, D K ^b   Joshi, R ^b   Lavania, M ^c   Das, R ^c   Katoch, V M ^d  

^a FOUNDATION FOR INNOVATIVE NEW DIAGNOSTICS   (Switzerland)

^b MAHATMA GANDHI INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^c NATIONAL JALMA INSTITUTE FOR LEPROSY AND OTHER MYCOBACTERIAL DISEASES   (India)

^d GOVERNMENT OF INDIA   (India)

Author keywords

AIDS; Mycobacteraemia; Mycobacterium simiae

Indexed keywords

ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; KANAMYCIN; OFLOXACIN; RIFAMPICIN; RNA 16S; STREPTOMYCIN;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; DYSPNEA; FECES CULTURE; FEMALE; FEVER; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM SIMIAE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SPUTUM CULTURE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM SIMIAE;

EID: 77954655745     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2009.03021.x     Document Type: Article

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