Mycobacterium avium complex common-source or cross-infection in AIDS patients attending the same day-care facility.
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.
Carbonne
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Laboratoire de Bactériologie, Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris, France.
Lemaitre
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N
Bochet
M
M
Truffot-Pernot
C
C
Katlama
C
C
Grosset
J
J
Bricaire
F
F
Jarlier
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V
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