Disseminated Mycobacterium abscessus infection in an AIDS patient
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Disseminated Mycobacterium abscessus infection in an AIDS patient.
1. Curso de Graduação em Ciências da Saúde, Infectologia e Medicina Tropical, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG. Address to: Dr. José Roberto Lambertucci. Depto de Clínica Médica/FM/UFMG. Av Alfredo Balena 190, 30130-100 Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil. Phone: 55 31 3337-7781 e-mail: [email protected] Received in 17/10/2010 Accepted in 17/02/2011 Images ...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
سال: 2011
ISSN: 0037-8682
DOI: 10.1590/s0037-86822011000200030