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9. 25 patients of M.tuberculosis and 2 of Atypical Mycobacterioses yielded growth in 4 th
week. 23 patients with M.tuberculosis in 5th week. Of the remaining 2 with Atypical
infection, 1 in 3 rd and 1 in the 5 th week.
Conclusion
1. All HIV patients should be screened for Pulmonary Tuberculosis.
2. There has been a considerable increase in the incidence of Atypical Mycobacterial
infection following the AIDS epidemics with a negligible % initially (i.e. 1 %) to 5.33% as
noted in the present study.
3. Patients with Atypical Mycobacterial infection are almost always negative for Mantoux
test.
4. Clinical and radiological differentiation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Atypical
Mycobateria is difficult.
5. Differentiation is mostly based on culture techniques and a battery of biochemical tests.
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