Pathologic features of Mycobacterium kansasii infection in patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome From: Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine | Date: May 1, 2003| Author: Aronson, Judith F; Boyars, Michael C; Molina, Claudia P; Schnadig, Vicki J; Smith, Michael B | Copyright College of American Pathologists May 2003. Provided by ProQuest LLC.Copyright information

* Context.-Mycobacterium kansasii is a slow-growing photochromogenic mycobacterium that may infect patients with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) late in the course of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). The clinical features of pulmonary and extrapulmonary infections have been described in the literature; however, the pathology of infection has not been adequately addressed.

Objective.-This report describes the pathologic features of 12 cases of M kansasii infection in patie...

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