Disseminated disease caused by Mycobacterium simiae in AIDS patients: a report of three cases.
Disseminated disease caused by Mycobacterium simiae, a slowly growing nontuberculous mycobacterium, has been rarely reported in the literature. We report on three AIDS patients who were found to suffer from mycobacteraemia caused by M. simiae in a rural tertiary-care hospital in central India.
Narang
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TB Lab Support, Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics, Geneva, Switzerland. rahuldevnarang@gmail.com
Narang
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Jain
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Mendiratta
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Joshi
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Lavania
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Das
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Katoch
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D017088:AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009165:Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous / Q000382:microbiology*; D009170:Nontuberculous Mycobacteria / Q000302:isolation & purification*