Publications

frequency of tuberculous and non-tuberculous mycobacteria in hiv infected patients from bogota, colombia.	the prevalence of infections by mycobacterium tuberculosis and non-tuberculous mycobacterium species in the hiv-infected patient population in colombia was uncertain despite some pilot studies. we determined the frequency of isolation of mycobacterium tuberculosis and of non-tuberculous mycobacterium species in diverse body fluids of hiv-infected patients in bogota, colombia.	2001	11722797
[characterization by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis of salmonella typhimurium isolates recovered in the acute diarrheal disease surveillance program in colombia, 1997-2004].	in colombia salmonella typhimurium is the second most frequently isolated salmonella serotype (after s. enteritidis) from human clinical samples. this serotype represents 28.2% (n=468) of the 1659 salmonella isolates recovered by the instituto nacional de salud (ins) acute diarrheal diseases surveillance program from 1997 to 2004. previously, little was known about the molecular attributes of these strains and commonality of genetic subtypes among s. typhimurium isolated from humans in colombia.	2006	17176003