title: Mycobacterium avium complex common-source or cross-infection in AIDS patients attending the same day-care facility.
abstract: To delineate the epidemiology of Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) infection in acquired immunodeficiency syndrome patients, we studied 32 case patients with disseminated MAC infection who attended the same daycare facility during a period of 13 months. Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis analysis showed very low similarity between MAC strains, suggesting that, despite close contacts between the patients, nosocomial cross-transmission or exposure to a common source of MAC did not occur.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Bactériologie, Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris, France.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Carbonne
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Lemaitre
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bochet
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Truffot-Pernot
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Katlama
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Grosset
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Bricaire
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Jarlier
mesh_terms: D017088:AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / Q000453:epidemiology*; D000328:Adult; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000453:epidemiology*; D003631:Day Care, Medical / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015269:Mycobacterium avium Complex / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D015270:Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare Infection / Q000453:epidemiology*; D010297:Paris / Q000453:epidemiology