| distribution of serotypes of the mycobacterium avium-intracellulare-scrofulaceum complex in georgia. | cultures of the mycobacterium avium-intracellulare-scrofulaceum (mais) complex, isolated from patients who lived throughout the state of georgia, were studied using the serotyping scheme of schaefer. one hundred four (77 per cent) of the 135 isolates tested could be classified into 16 serotypes. the rest were not typable. fifty-eight per cent of all the typable strains were serotypes 1, 14, 16, and 42. results of the serotyping were recorded, mapped, and analyzed by county of residence. most fre ... | 1979 | 572193 |
| disseminated mycobacterium avium complex infection: clinical identification and epidemiologic trends. | to evaluate the incidence of disseminated mycobacterium avium complex infection (dmac) and to define the association between signs and symptoms and development of dmac in patients with human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) infection, all cases of dmac at grady memorial hospital infectious disease clinic (atlanta) between 1985 and 1990 were reviewed, and a prospective study of the association of symptoms with dmac was done. between 1985 and 1990, dmac occurred in 16% of patients with aids. incidence ... | 1992 | 1347060 |
| epidemiology of infection by nontuberculous mycobacteria. vi. identification and use of epidemiologic markers for studies of mycobacterium avium, m. intracellulare, and m. scrofulaceum. | a comparison of clinical and environmental (e.g., soil, dust, water, and aerosol) isolates of the mycobacterium avium-intracellulare and m. scrofulaceum (mais) group has been made. the frequency of m. avium-intracellulare clinical isolates able to grow without oadc enrichment, able to grow at 43 degrees c, or express resistance to streptomycin or cadmium was significantly higher than those among environmental isolates. only the frequency of clinical m. scrofulaceum isolates able to grow at 43 de ... | 1986 | 3729160 |
| phage typing of the mycobacterium avium-intracellulare-scrofulaceum complex. a study of strains of diverse geographic and host origin. | a total of 339 strains of the mycobacterium avium-intracellulare-scrofulaceum complex were phage typed using our previously described technique and 11 typing phages. these included 235 strains of human origin obtained from state health laboratories in virginia, georgia, florida, and arkansas, 26 strains isolated from persons with aids, 38 strains isolated from animals, and 40 environmental isolates. a phage-typing scheme was developed that denotes sensitivity to 8 primary typing phages: the jf g ... | 1985 | 4026062 |
| sensitivity to avian purified protein derivative in cattle from farms having a high prevalence of swine mycobacteriosis. | on two farms in north georgia a large percentage of the swine was infected with organisms of the mycobacterium avium-intracellulare-scrofulaceum complex. the hypothesis that the cattle on these farms, which are maintained separately from the swine, would not be sensitive to avian purified protein derivative was rejected. it was concluded that the source of the m. avium-intracellulare-scrofulaceum complex of each animal population is environmental. | 1981 | 7235698 |
| recent experience in the epidemiology of disease caused by atypical mycobacteria. | to obtain information on the epidemiology of mycobacteriosis, water and air samples collected along the east coast of the united states were examined for mycobacteria. mycobacterium avium-intracellulare-scrofulaceum (mais) were isolated from 25% of the water, samples, mostly those from south carolina, georgia, and the gulf states. mycobacterium kansasii and mycobacterium marinum were not found, probably because of the detrimental effects of the naoh used to decontaminate the samples. mais strain ... | 1981 | 7339831 |
| adherence to guidelines for antiretroviral therapy and for preventing opportunistic infections in hiv-infected adults and adolescents in ryan white-funded facilities in the united states. | to determine adherence by health care providers to guidelines for antiretroviral therapy and for prevention of opportunistic infections (ois) in adults with hiv infection in federally funded facilities in the united states, we reviewed records of hiv-infected adults (>13 years) in 11 ryan white title iii facilities in four states for information on eight standard-of-care recommendations during november 1996 through september 1997. eligibility required a visit to the facility within 6 months befo ... | 1999 | 10421247 |
| hospital water as a source of mycobacterium avium complex isolates in respiratory specimens. | the clinical significance of recovery of mycobacterium avium complex (mac) organisms from respiratory specimens is poorly understood. one hundred sixty-one respiratory mac isolates from 131 patients at grady memorial hospital (atlanta) and 13 mac isolates from the hospital's hot water system were examined. of the 131 patients, 35 (27%) had mac disease, and 96 (73%) did not; 94 (72%) were human immunodeficiency virus infected. ten different clusters were identified by pulsed-field gel electrophor ... | 2004 | 14702159 |