Epidemiology of <i>Mycobacterium avium</i> complex infecting AIDS patients

Organisms of the <i>Mycobacterium avium</i> complex cause disseminated infections in 25 to 50 % of patients with AIDS. To assess the likelihood of exposure to M avium, we attempted to recover M. avium complex from environmental samples in geographical areas (Boston, Massachusetts; Hanove...

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Main Author: Eaton, Twilla
Other Authors: Microbiology
Format: Others
Language:en
Published: Virginia Tech 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10919/41799
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-03302010-020032/