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Frequency of Mycobacterium bovis as an etiologic agent in extrapulmonary tuberculosis in HIV-positive and -negative Mexican patients.
European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology - 1 May 2009
Cicero R, Olivera H, Hernández-Solis A, Ramírez-Casanova E, Escobar-Gutiérrez A
Abstract excerpt
Mycobacterium bovis can be an important etiological agent for extrapulmonary (EP) manifestations of tuberculosis, especially in HIV-infected persons. From January 2000 to December 2003, M. bovis as a cause of EP tuberculosis was investigated at the Pneumonology Service, Hospital General de Mexico, Mexico City. Eighty HIV-positive (HIV+) patients and 83 HIV-negative (HIV-) with EP involvement (ganglionar,...
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