Emerging Infectious Diseases (Jan 2009)

Invasive Disease Caused by Nontuberculous Mycobacteria, Tanzania

  • John A. Crump,
  • 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

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1501.081093
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 15, no. 1
pp. 53 – 55

Abstract

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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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