TY - JOUR AU - Crump, John A. AU - van Ingen, Jakko AU - Morrissey, Anne B. AU - Boeree, Martin J. AU - Mavura, Daudi R. AU - Swai, Britta AU - Thielman, Nathan M. AU - Bartlett, John A. AU - Grossman, Henning AU - Maro, Venance P. AU - van Soolingen, Dick T1 - Invasive Disease Caused by Nontuberculous Mycobacteria, Tanzania T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2009 VL - 15 IS - 1 SP - 53 SN - 1080-6059 AB - 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. KW - Atypical mycobacteria KW - HIV KW - Mycobacterium KW - Mycobacterium avium KW - Tanzania KW - dispatch DO - 10.3201/eid1501.081093 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/15/1/08-1093_article ER - End of Reference