Tuberculosis due to Mycobacterium bovis in Patients Coinfected with Human Immunodeficiency Virus

We reviewed 86 cases of human immunodeficiency virus and tuberculosis coinfection; 34.9% were caused by Mycobacterium bovis . Patients with M. bovis infection were more likely to have advanced immunosuppression (CD4 T cell counts ≤200 cells/µL). Hispanic ethnicity, male sex, and abdominal disease we...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Clinical infectious diseases 2010-12, Vol.51 (11), p.1343-1346
Hauptverfasser:	Park, Daniel, Qin, Huifang, Jain, Sonia, Preziosi, Michael, Minuto, Joshua J., Mathews, W. Chris, Moser, Kathleen S., Benson, Constance A.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult Aged AIDS Bacterial diseases Biological and medical sciences BRIEF REPORT Case management CD4 Lymphocyte Count Clinical medicine Disease models Ethnic Groups Fungal diseases Fungal infections HIV HIV Infections - complications HIV Infections - immunology Human bacterial diseases Human immunodeficiency virus Human viral diseases Humans Immune Tolerance Immunodeficiencies Immunodeficiencies. Immunoglobulinopathies Immunopathology Infections Infectious diseases Male Medical sciences Middle Aged Mycobacterium bovis Mycobacterium bovis - isolation & purification Mycobacterium tuberculosis Patients Pulmonary tuberculosis Risk Factors Sex Factors Tuberculosis Tuberculosis - epidemiology Tuberculosis - microbiology Tuberculosis and atypical mycobacterial infections Viral diseases Viral diseases of the lymphoid tissue and the blood. Aids
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Zusammenfassung:	We reviewed 86 cases of human immunodeficiency virus and tuberculosis coinfection; 34.9% were caused by Mycobacterium bovis . Patients with M. bovis infection were more likely to have advanced immunosuppression (CD4 T cell counts ≤200 cells/µL). Hispanic ethnicity, male sex, and abdominal disease were strongly associated with M. bovis disease.
ISSN:	1058-4838 1537-6591
DOI:	10.1086/657118