A 56-year-old black man, known to have HIV with a last CD4+ T lymphocyte count of 13 cells/mcL, presented with a 2-month history of anorexia, 30-pound weight loss, and generalized weakness. He ...

Between 1981 and 1990, cultures of specimens from 86 patients at State University of New York-Health Sciences Center at Brooklyn were positive for nontuberculous mycobacteria other than Mycobacterium ...

Forty-eight clinical strains of Mycobacterium fortuitum and 15 clinical strains of Mycobacterium chelonei were evaluated for susceptibility to sulfonamides, including trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole ...

UPN 258 underwent matched sibling SCT for c-ALL in CR1 8 months after successful induction with the linker protocol. Pre-SCT CXR and sputum screening were normal. However, pre-SCT sputum screening was ...

The rapidly growing NTMB species may be isolated from clinical specimens submitted for routine microbiologic testing. However, reliable evaluation requires inoculation onto special mycobacterial media ...