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HIV/AIDS Co-Infection
Reports outline HIV/AIDS co-infection study results from Hospital General de Mexico
June 15th, 2009
New investigation results, 'Frequency of Mycobacterium bovis as an etiologic agent in extrapulmonary tuberculosis in HIV-positive and -negative Mexican patients,' are detailed in a study published in European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases. "Mycobacterium bovis can be an important etiological agent for extrapulmonary (EP) manifestations of tuberculosis, especially in HIV-infected persons. From January 2000 to December 2003, M. bovis as a cause of EP tuberculosis was investigated at the Pneumonology Service, Hospital General de Mexico, Mexico City," scientists in Mexico report. "Eighty HIV-positive (HIV+) patients and 83...
Source: Tuberculosis Week (2009-06-15)
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