Characteristics of inpatients with nontuberculous mycobacterial infections in a highly complex hospital in Colombia
| Autor: | Carolina Saldarriaga, Camilo Madrid, Miguel Mesa, Carolina Aguilar, Olga Lucía Molina, Carlos Builes, María C. Montufar, Alicia Quiroga, Franco Montufar, John Jairo Zuleta |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
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Microbiology (medical)
Gynecology medicine.medical_specialty Immunosupression Non-tuberculousmycobacteria business.industry Epidemiology Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) VIH HIV medicine.disease_cause Inmunosupresión Infectious Diseases Non-tuberculous mycobacteria Medicine Epidemiología Pharmacology (medical) business Micobacterias no Tuberculosas |
| Zdroj: | Infectio, Volume: 18, Issue: 4, Pages: 135-142, Published: 30 DEC 2014 |
| ISSN: | 0123-9392 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.infect.2014.06.002 |
| Popis: | Background: Nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) infections has been described more frequently in recent years, especially in immunosuppression conditions and after cosmetic surgical procedures. The NTM include species of the genus Mycobacterium , other than Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and Mycobacterium leprae. Objective: To describe the demographic and clinical characteristics of Colombian in-patientswith NTM infections. Methodology: A retrospective descriptive study. Results: In 187 patients with culture- confirmed mycobacterial infection, 17 (9,1%) had NTM.The mean age was 38,4 ± 19,2 and 58,82% were men. Major comorbidities were: HIV/AIDS(41,1%), diabetes mellitus (23,5%), chronic renal disease (17,6%), immunosuppressive therapy(17,6%) and neoplasms (17,6%). In patients co-infected with HIV, CD4 count was |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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