| mycobacteria other than tuberculosis with an emphasis on mycobacterium xenopi in clinical specimens from aids patients at the university hospital of vienna from 1989 to 1996. | this study was carried out to provide an overview of the frequency of various mycobacterial species isolated from aids patients at the university hospital of vienna from 1989 to 1996. mycobacterium xenopi was found to be the second most common nontuberculous mycobacterial species (92 specimens from 30 patients) and was cultured predominantly from respiratory tract specimens. in 55% of patients, chest x-rays taken at the time of isolation demonstrated pathologic changes which could not be attribu ... | 1999 | 10081122 |