Article
Analysis of Mycobacterium avium Complex Serovars Isolated from AIDS Patients from Southeast Brazil
Registro en:
SAAD, Maria Helena Féres et al. Analysis of Mycobacterium avium Complex Serovars Isolated from AIDS Patients from Southeast Brazil. Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, v. 92, n. 4, p.471-475, July/Aug. 1997.
0074-0276
10.1590/S0074-02761997000400004
1678-8060
Autor
Saad, Maria Helena Féres
Vincent, Veronique
Dawson, David J.
Palaci, Moisés
Ferrazoli, Lucilaine
Fonseca, Leila de S.
Resumen
The purpose of this study was to assess the distribution of Mycobacterium avium serovars isolated from AIDS patients in São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro. Ninety single site or multiple site isolates from 75 patients were examined. The most frequent serovars found were 8 (39.2%), 4 (21.4%) and 1 (10.7%). The frequency of mixed infections with serovar 8 or 4 was 37.8%. Among the 90 strains examined, M. intracellulare serovars (7 strains) and M. scrofulaceum (4 strains) were found in 11 isolates (12%) indicating that M. avium (88%) was the major opportunistic species in the M. avium complex isolates in Brazilian AIDS patients.