Article
Comparison of virulence of Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) strains isolated from AIDS and non-AIDS patients.
Microbial pathogenesis - 1 Feb 1994
Reddy V M, Parikh K, Luna-Herrera J, Falkinham J O, Brown S, Gangadharam P R
Abstract excerpt
Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) strains from AIDS and non-AIDS patients and from the environment were studied for their colony morphology and virulence in beige mice. The majority of the MAC isolates from AIDS patients, in contrast to those from non-AIDS patients and the environment, showed inc...
Topics
- AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections
- Animals
- Colony Count, Microbial
- Female
- Genotype
- Humans
- Male
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- Mycobacterium avium Complex
- Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare Infection
- Phenotype
- Virulence
