Mycobacterium tuberculosis bacteremia diagnosed in an HIV-negative patient in Brazil: a rare or an under-reported event?

A case of Mycobacterium tuberculosis bacteremia in an HIV negative immunodepressed patient was described using the BACTEC 460 TB system. This bacterium should be investigated in the blood of immunodepressed non-HIV infected patients with prolonged fever.

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Main Authors: Hadad,D. J., Pignatari,A.C.C., Machado,M.A.O., Telles,M.A.S.
Format: Digital revista
Language:English
Published: Brazilian Society of Infectious Diseases 2004
Online Access:http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702004000200010
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