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Case Reports
. 2009 Jan;15(1):53-5.
doi: 10.3201/eid1501.081093.

Invasive disease caused by nontuberculous mycobacteria, Tanzania

John A Crump  1 , Jakko van Ingen, Anne B Morrissey, Martin J Boeree, Daudi R Mavura, Britta Swai, Nathan M Thielman, John A Bartlett, Henning Grossman, Venance P Maro, Dick van Soolingen
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Invasive disease caused by nontuberculous mycobacteria, Tanzania

John A Crump et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2009 Jan.

Abstract

Data on nontuberculous mycobacterial (NTM) disease in sub-Saharan Africa are limited. During 2006-2008, we identified 3 HIV-infected patients in northern Tanzania who had invasive NTM; 2 were infected with "Mycobacterium sherrisii" and 1 with M. avium complex sequevar MAC-D. Invasive NTM disease is present in HIV-infected patients in sub-Saharan Africa.

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A 36-year-old HIV-infected woman with Mycobacterium avium disease. A) Photograph of skin lesions on right leg, taken before treatment. B) Histopathologic appearance of skin biopsy specimen from right leg lesion (stain, hematoxylin and eosin; magnification ×40).
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