Prevalence of mycobacteremia in patients with AIDS and persistant fever

In the advanced stages of AIDS, characterized by severe immunodepression, tuberculosis (TB) may present with a clinical picture of septic shock, due to typical bacteremia. Hematogenic dissemination of mycobacteria is frequent in immunodepressed patients with TB or disseminated mycobacteriosis, leadi...

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Main Authors: Hélio Arthur Bacha, Sérgio Cimerman, Simone A. de Souza, David Jamil Hadad, Caio Márcio Figueiredo Mendes
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier
Series:Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702004000400004&lng=en&tlng=en