Acid fast bacilli (AFB) in the HIV/AIDS patients hospitalized in Institute for Clinical Research in Tropical Medicine
- Author:
Pham Van Ca
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
HIV/AIDS
- MeSH:
Hiv;
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome;
Cerebrospinal Fluid;
Mycobacterium tuberculosis;
Mycobacteriaceae
- From:Journal of Preventive Medicine
2004;14(5):60-63
- CountryViet Nam
- Language:Vietnamese
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Abstract:
175 specimens of expectorated sputa and cerebrospinal fluids of 106 HIV/AIDS patients hospitalized in the Institute for Clinical Research in Tropical Medicine between January 2002 and October 2003 were tested by Ziehl-Nelsen stain and cultured by MGIT media for AFB. The results showed that: 14.9% positive patients with AFB detected by microscopic stains and 49.4% positive cases with Mycobacteria detected by cultures, including 76.2% Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains and 23.8% M. non-tuberculosis strains
