| the spectrum of mycobacterium kansasii disease associated with hiv-1 infected patients. | louisiana is known to be an area endemic for mycobacterium kansasii (mk). since mk tends to disseminate in immunocompromised patients, one might, therefore, expect to observe an increasing number of mk infections associated with human immunodeficiency virus (hiv-1). a systematic 60-month review of clinical, microbiologic, and radiographic data associated with mk was performed from two major referral centers in new orleans. from june 30, 1983 through june 30, 1988, mk was isolated from 72 patient ... | 1991 | 2016689 |