title: Mycobacterium tuberculosis bacteremia diagnosed in an HIV-negative patient in Brazil: a rare or an under-reported event?
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Centre of Infectious Diseases, Biomedical Center, Espirito Santo Federal University, Vitória, ES, Brazil. davhadad@ndi.ufes.br
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Hadad
authors.forename: A C C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Pignatari
authors.forename: M A O
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Machado
authors.forename: M A S
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Telles
mesh_terms: 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*