Invasive disease caused by nontuberculous mycobacteria, Tanzania

Citation: 
Crump JA, van Ingen J, Morrissey AB, Boeree MJ, Mavura DR, Swai B, Thielman NM, Bartlett JA, Grossman H, Maro VP, van Soolingen D. Emerg Infect Dis. 2009 Jan;15(1):53-5
Publication year: 
2009

Data on nontuberculous mycobacterial (NTM) disease in sub-Saharan Africa are limited. During 2006-2008, we identified 3 HIV-infected patients in northern Tanzania who had invasive NTM; 2 were infected with "Mycobacterium sherrisii" and 1 with M. avium complex sequevar MAC-D. Invasive NTM disease is present in HIV-infected patients in sub-Saharan Africa