Nontuberculous mycobacteria among pulmonary tuberculosis patients: a retrospective Belgian multicenter study
| Autor: | Vanessa Mathys, Stijn Jonckheere, Maryse Wanlin, E. Nulens, Hans De Beenhouwer, Sigi Van den Wijngaert, Veroniek Saegeman, Wouter Arrazola de Onate, Martine Van De Vyvere, Annelies De Bel, Steven De Keukeleire, Denis Pierard |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Faculty of Arts and Philosophy, Immunology and Microbiology, Microbiology and Infection Control, Supporting clinical sciences |
| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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Adult
Male medicine.medical_specialty Tuberculosis Mycobacterium Infections Nontuberculous 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Belgium Internal medicine medicine Humans Clinical significance 030212 general & internal medicine Tuberculosis Pulmonary Retrospective Studies Medicine(all) Lung biology Coinfection business.industry Nontuberculous Mycobacteria Retrospective cohort study General Medicine Middle Aged bacterial infections and mycoses biology.organism_classification medicine.disease Surgery Multicenter Study medicine.anatomical_structure 030228 respiratory system Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex Female Nontuberculous mycobacteria business Cohort study |
| Zdroj: | Acta Clinica Belgica. 72:45-48 |
| ISSN: | 2295-3337 1784-3286 |
| Popis: | OBJECTIVES: Currently, there are no European data about the frequency and clinical significance of nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) grown from respiratory samples during the treatment of tuberculosis (TB). We determined the frequency and clinical significance of NTM isolated before or during pulmonary tuberculosis treatment in Belgian laboratories. METHODS: We conducted a nationwide retrospective multicenter cohort study on the co-isolation of TB and NTM in Belgium. Starting from laboratory data between 2006 and 2013, possible TB-NTM co-isolations were searched for. RESULTS: A total of 2569 unique culture-positive pulmonary tuberculosis cases were included in the study. Only 35 (1.4%) of these TB cases had an NTM co-isolated, and two of these 35 fulfilled the ATS criteria for NTM lung disease. CONCLUSION: A very low prevalence of 1.4% NTM co-isolations was found in Belgian patients with culture-proven pulmonary TB. |
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