Clues to the early diagnosis of Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare infection in patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. NLM AIDSLINE Important note: Information in this article was accurate in 1985. The state of the art may have changed since the publication date.

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Clues to the early diagnosis of Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare infection in patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome.

Arch Pathol Lab Med. 1985 May;109(5):465-6. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/85173800
Polis MA; Tuazon CU

Abstract: Four patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome with bacillemia from Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare presented with early pathologic clues of a disseminated mycobacterial infection. All had persistent fevers with negative diagnostic workups for other usual pathogens seen in patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. Two patients had prolonged clearance of the bacillemia on a drug regimen of ansamycin, clofazimine, and amikacin sulfate.
Keywords: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/*COMPLICATIONS Adult Amikacin/THERAPEUTIC USE Antibiotics/THERAPEUTIC USE Case Report Clofazimine/THERAPEUTIC USE Female Human Male Mycobacterium Infections/*DIAGNOSIS Mycobacterium Infections, Atypical/COMPLICATIONS/*DIAGNOSIS Septicemia/COMPLICATIONS/*DIAGNOSIS JOURNAL ARTICLE

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