Mycobacterial Infection in Mexican AIDS Patients
| Autor: | José Sifuentes-Osornio, Ponce-de-León S, Molina-Gamboa Jd, Ruiz-Palacios Gm, Bobadilla del Valle M |
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| Rok vydání: | 1996 |
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Male Tuberculosis Adolescent Opportunistic infection Immunology Antitubercular Agents Microbial Sensitivity Tests Mycobacterium tuberculosis Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) Virology Immunopathology Humans Immunology and Allergy Medicine Sida Mexico Aged Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare Infection Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome Mycobacterium Infections AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections biology business.industry Middle Aged Mycobacterium avium Complex biology.organism_classification medicine.disease Survival Rate Drug Therapy Combination Female Viral disease business AIDS Population |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes and Human Retrovirology. 11:53-58 |
| ISSN: | 1077-9450 |
| DOI: | 10.1097/00042560-199601010-00007 |
| Popis: | This study sought to describe the characteristics of mycobacterial infection in Mexico and the authors reviewed records from patients who were seen at the AIDS Clinic of the National Institute of Nutrition in Mexico City from 1983 to 1992. Of 460 AIDS patients 118 (25.6%) were found to have mycobacterial infections by positive Ziehl-Neelsen stain culture or both. Cultures were completed for 66 of the 118 stain-positive specimens. Mycobacterium tuberculosis was the most common species found (n = 13) followed by M. avium complex (n = 12); 21 infections were identified as a nonspecific mycobacteria other than tuberculosis (MOTT) and 20 infections were from species other than tuberculosis. Susceptibility testing was performed in only two tuberculosis cases with one strain showing multidrug resistance. The authors conclude that mycobacterial infection is common among their AIDS population and MOTT may be at least as common as M. tuberculosis. Previous reports of the rarity of MOTT could be related to the lack of adequate diagnostic methods in developing countries. (authors) |
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