title: Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare in stool in HIV-seropositive man.
abstract: Mycobacterium tuberculosis is the predominant acid-fast bacillus causing diarrhea in HIV-seropositive patients in India. We report a 27-year-old HIV-seropositive man with diarrhea in whom M. avium-intracellulare was isolated on stool culture.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi 110 029. mirdhabr@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Bijay R
authors.initials: BR
authors.lastname: Mirdha
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000382:microbiology*; D005243:Feces / Q000382:microbiology*; D006679:HIV Seropositivity / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015269:Mycobacterium avium Complex / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D015270:Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare Infection / Q000150:complications*