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Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) isolated from AIDS patients and the criteria ...
Hadad, David Jamil; Palhares, Maria Cecília de Almeida; Placco, Anna Luiza Nunes; Domingues, Carmem Silvia Bruniera; Castelo Filho, AdautoBefore the AIDS pandemia, the Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) was responsible in most cases for the pneumopathies that attack patients with basic chronic pulmonary diseases such as emphysema and chronic bronchitis36. In 1981, with the advent of the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), MAC started to represent one of the most frequent bacterial diseases among AIDS patients, with the disseminated form of ...
Bacterial agents isolated from cerebrospinal fluid of patients with Acquired Im...
Landgraf, Ilka Maria; Palaci, Moisés; Vieira, Maria de Fátima Paiva; Ueki, Sueli Yoko Mizuka; Martins, Maria Conceição; Sato, Daisy NakamuraCerebrospinal fluid (CSF) samples from 2083 patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) and neurological complications were bacteriologically examined during a period of 7 years (1984-1990). The percentage of patients who had at least one bacterial agent cultured from the CSF was 6.2%. Mycobacterium tuberculosis was the most frequently isolated agent (4.3%), followed by Mycobacterium avium complex o...