Medical management of AIDS patients. Tuberculosis and nontuberculous mycobacterial disease.

Pitchenik, A E; Fertel, D · Med Clin North Am · 1992

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Abstract

AIDS has been responsible for a significant increase in mycobacterial disease, which in this setting is often extrapulmonary. In contrast to HIV-associated Mycobacterium avium complex disease, HIV-associated tuberculosis is normally transmissible between humans by the aerosol route, occurs earlier than most AIDS-related infections, and is readily treatable and preventable with conventional drugs.

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