Retrospective study of 668 cultures for mycobacteria in a reference hospital for AIDS in Southern Brazil

Although AIDS patients in other countries are frequently diagnosed as having atypical mycobacterial infection, in Southern Brazil there is a clinical impression that Mycobacterium tuberculosis is the rule rather than the exception. We made a retrospective review of cultures for mycobacteria at our h...

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Main Authors: Pasqualotto Alessandro Comarú, Rosa Daniela Dornelles, Pereira Maria do Carmo Fontoura, Targa-Ferreira Roberto L., Santos Breno Riegel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2003-01-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702003000200005