Mault J R, Pomerantz M
University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, USA.
Chest Surg Clin N Am. 1999 Feb;9(1):227-38, x.
The immunocompromised post-transplant HIV-positive patient is at increased risk for mycobacterial infection. Early diagnosis and aggressive therapy is critical to successful outcome. Surgical therapy may be required in patients who have complex mycobacterial lung disease, drug resistant tuberculosis, or mycobacterial infections other than tuberculosis.
