PMID: 22554363May 5, 2012Paper

Non-tuberculous mycobacteria infection: 75 cases

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Aylin BabalıkKaya Köksalan

Abstract

Non-tuberculosis mycobacterium is especially seen in AIDS and non-immunosuppressant patients. This study was designed to evaluate data relating to non-tuberculosis mycobacterium content in patients' sputum for the clinical importance. During 2009-2010 at Sureyyapasa Chest Diseases and Chest Surgery Training and Research Hospital clinics, 75 patients [30 women (40%) and 45 men (69%); mean age (SD): 48.7 (15.9) years] with non-tuberculosis mycobacterium were determined by the rapid test and NAP test in Mycobacteria Growth Indicator Tube (MGIT), which had atypical growth in 51.864 Lowenstein-Jensen. Identification was done with Hsp65PCRREA methods in 32 (43%) cases. Treatment management, radiology, bacteriology, co-morbidity, treatment outcomes were evaluated from medical records, calling patients and from tuberculosis dispensaries. In 9 (28%) patients Mycobacterium abscessus, in 8 (25%) patients Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC), in 5 (16%) patients Mycobacterium kansasii was found with identification Hsp65PCRREA methods. In 18 (24%) of 75 cases with American Thoracic Society definition and treatment criteria, treatment was administered using major and minor drugs. Standard tuberculosis treatment was administered in 25 (33%) of t...Continue Reading

Citations

Jan 18, 2015·Journal of Medical Microbiology·Ivy Bastos RamisAnandi Martin
Dec 15, 2015·International Journal of Mycobacteriology·Ali Akbar VelayatiMehdi Mirsaeidi

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