Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) isolated from AIDS patients and the criteria required for its implication in disease Complexo Mycobacterium avium (MAC) isolado de pacientes com AIDS e os critérios exigidos para sua implicação em doença

Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) isolated from AIDS patients and the criteria required for its implication in disease Complexo Mycobacterium avium (MAC) isolado de pacientes com AIDS e os critérios exigidos para sua implicação em doença

Before 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 st...

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Main Authors: David Jamil Hadad, Maria Cecília de Almeida Palhares, Anna Luiza Nunes Placco, Carmem Silvia Bruniera Domingues, Adauto Castelo Filho, Lucilaine Ferrazoli, Sueli Yoko Mizuka Ueki, Maria Alice da Silva Telles, Maria Conceição Martins, Moisés Palaci
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 1995-10-01
Series:Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
Subjects:
Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC)
Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)
Diagnostic criteria
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