Mycobacterial blood cultures in the diagnosis of tuberculosis in human immunodeficiency virus-infected patients: are they useful?

Clin Microbiol Infect. 2019 Feb;25(2):264-265. doi: 10.1016/j.cmi.2018.09.013. Epub 2018 Sep 26.

¹ Infectious Diseases Department, Centro Hospitalar de São João, Porto, Portugal; Faculty of Medicine of the University of Porto, Porto, Portugal. Electronic address: fsfceia@gmail.com.
² Infectious Diseases Department, Centro Hospitalar de São João, Porto, Portugal; Faculty of Medicine of the University of Porto, Porto, Portugal.
³ Life and Health Sciences Research Institute (ICVS), School of Medicine, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal; ICVS/3B's, PT Government Associate Laboratory, Braga/Guimarães, Portugal; EpiUnit - Instituto de Saúde Pública da Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal.
⁴ Infectious Diseases Department, Centro Hospitalar de São João, Porto, Portugal; Faculty of Medicine of the University of Porto, Porto, Portugal; EpiUnit - Instituto de Saúde Pública da Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal.
⁵ EpiUnit - Instituto de Saúde Pública da Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal; Pathology Department, Centro Hospitalar de São João, Porto, Portugal.
⁶ Pathology Department, Centro Hospitalar de São João, Porto, Portugal.
⁷ Faculty of Medicine of the University of Porto, Porto, Portugal; EpiUnit - Instituto de Saúde Pública da Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal.

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