Mycobacteremia caused by simultaneous infection with Mycobacterium avium and Mycobacterium intracellulare detected by analysis of a BACTEC 13A bottle with the Gen-Probe kit. NLM AIDSLINE Important note: Information in this article was accurate in 1990. The state of the art may have changed since the publication date.

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Mycobacteremia caused by simultaneous infection with Mycobacterium avium and Mycobacterium intracellulare detected by analysis of a BACTEC 13A bottle with the Gen-Probe kit.

Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis. 1989 May-Jun;12(3):217-9. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/90004180
Conville PS; Keiser JF; Witebsky FG; Clinical Pathology Department, Warren G. Magnuson Clinical; Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892.

Abstract: Simultaneous infection with Mycobacterium avium and Mycobacterium intracellulare in an AIDS patient was suspected after direct analysis of two BACTEC 13A blood cultures with the Gen-Probe kit for M. avium complex. A mixed infection was confirmed by evaluating isolated colonies. The Gen-Probe kit may provide a simple technique for detecting mixed M. avium-M. intracellulare infections.
Keywords: Adult Case Report Human HIV Seropositivity/COMPLICATIONS HIV-1 Male Mycobacterium avium Complex/GENETICS/ISOLATION & PURIF Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare Infection/COMPLICATIONS/ *DIAGNOSIS/MICROBIOLOGY *Nucleic Acid Hybridization Nucleic Acid Probes/*DIAGNOSTIC USE Septicemia/COMPLICATIONS/*MICROBIOLOGY JOURNAL ARTICLEKWDadultcasereporthumanhivseropositivity/complicationshiv-1malemycobacteriumaviumcomplex/genetics/isolation&purifmycobacteriumavium-intracellulareinfection/complications/KWDdiagnosis/microbiologyKWDnucleicacidhybridizationnucleicacidprobes/KWDdiagnosticusesepticemia/complications/KWDmicrobiologyjournalarticle
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