Isolation of an unusual mycobacterium from an AIDS patient

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 2316-2319

  Tortoli, Enrico ^a,f   Kirschner, Philip ^b   Bartoloni, Alessandro ^c   Burrini, Claudio ^d   Manfrin, Vinicio ^e   Mantella, Antonia ^c   Scagnelli, Mariuccia ^e   Scarparo, Claudio ^e   Simonetti, M Tullia ^a   Erik, C B O ^b  

^a CAREGGI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^d Istituto di Ricerche Cliniche   (Italy)

^e SAN BORTOLO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^f Lab di Microbiologia e Virologia   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MYCOLIC ACID;

AIDS RELATED COMPLEX; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM INTERJECTUM;

EID: 9444287630     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.34.9.2316-2319.1996     Document Type: Article

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