Mycobacterium tuberculosis bacteremia diagnosed in an HIV-negative patient in Brazil: a rare or an under-reported event?
A case of Mycobacterium tuberculosis bacteremia in an HIV negative immunodepressed patient was described using the BACTEC 460 TB system. This bacterium should be investigated in the blood of immunodepressed non-HIV infected patients with prolonged fever.
Hadad
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DJ
Centre of Infectious Diseases, Biomedical Center, Espirito Santo Federal University, Vitória, ES, Brazil. davhadad@ndi.ufes.br
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D000328:Adult; D016470:Bacteremia / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D018023:HIV Seronegativity; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*