IS1245 genotypic analysis of Mycobacterium avium isolates from patients in Brazil

Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Hanseníase. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro. Instituto de Microbiologia. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Instituto Adolfo Lutz. São Paulo, SP, Brasil.
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro. Instituto de Microbiologia. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Instituto Adolfo Lutz. São Paulo, SP, Brasil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Nacional de Infectologia Evandro Chagas. Laboratório de Pesquisa Clínica em DST/AIDS. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Universidade Federal de Rio de Janeiro. Hospital Universitário Clementino Fraga Filho. Instituto de Pneumologia. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Ministério da Saúde. Centro de Referencia Prof. Helio Fraga. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Cornell University Medical College. New York, NY, USA.
Cornell University Medical College. New York, NY, USA.
University of California. Division of Public Health, Biology, and Epidemiology. Berkeley, California, USA.

Abstract

Disseminated Mycobacterium avium infection is an emerging opportunistic disease among patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) in Brazil. The mode of transmission of M. avium in a developing country setting needs to be better characterized.

Keywords

AIDS
Brazil
Disseminated M. avium infections
IS1245
Mycobacterium avium infections
Transmission of M. avium infections

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Elsevier

Citation

SAAD, Maria Helena et al. IS1245 genotypic analysis of Mycobacterium avium isolates from patients in Brazil. International Journal of Infectious Diseases, v. 3, n. 4, p. 192-196, 1999.

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10.1016/S1201-9712(99)90023-1

ISSN

1201-9712

Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://www.arca.fiocruz.br/handle/icict/31542

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