Mycobacterium celatum

M. celatum Can Cause Disease in Advanced AIDS

Published in AIDS Weekly, March 10th, 1997

Mycobacterium celatum may cause serious disease in patients with advanced HIV-related immunosuppression, but appears to be responsive to antimycobacterial chemotherapy, according to a report from Italy.

Cases of disease due to nontuberculous mycobacteria are increasing, especially in patients with HIV-related immunosuppression.

"During the past five years, infection in patients with AIDS by nontuberculous mycobacteria other than M. avium complex (MAC) has been widely reported, and the development of 16s rRNA gene fragment sequencing has enabled researchers to explore in depth the genus Mycobacterium, discovering a considerable...

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