Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare: a cause of disseminated life-threatening infection in homosexuals and drug abusers.

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Published in Ann Intern Med on October 01, 1982

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J B Greene, G S Sidhu, S Lewin, J F Levine, H Masur, M S Simberkoff, P Nicholas, R C Good, S B Zolla-Pazner, A A Pollock, M L Tapper, R S Holzman

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