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Rolan N, Limongi L, Putruele AM. Mycobacterium peregrinum: micobacteria atípica e infrecuente. Reporte de un caso. Arch Bronconeumol 2020; 56:331-332. [DOI: 10.1016/j.arbres.2019.11.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2019] [Revised: 10/18/2019] [Accepted: 11/17/2019] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Martínez González S, Cano Cortés A, Sota Yoldi LA, García García JM, Alba Álvarez LM, Palacios Gutiérrez JJ. Non-Tuberculous Mycobacteria. An Emerging Threat? ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.arbr.2017.08.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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Martínez González S, Cano Cortés A, Sota Yoldi LA, García García JM, Alba Álvarez LM, Palacios Gutiérrez JJ. Non-Tuberculous Mycobacteria. An Emerging Threat? Arch Bronconeumol 2017; 53:554-560. [PMID: 28433210 DOI: 10.1016/j.arbres.2017.02.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2016] [Revised: 02/25/2017] [Accepted: 02/27/2017] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVE Non-tuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) isolates are becoming more common. The main objective of our study was to establish the number and diversity of NTM species in our region and their distribution according to the source sample, age and gender of the patients, and to analyse clinically significant isolates. METHODOLOGY Prospective study of all NTM isolated in Asturias from 2005 to 2012. Samples were processed following internationally accepted guidelines. Statistical analysis was based on Fisher's exact test for 2×2 contingency tables. RESULTS A total of 3,284 mycobacteria were isolated: 1,499 Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTB) and 1,785 NTM.During the study, NTM isolation rates increased while MTB isolation decreased. NTM were more frequent in men (P<.001). M.gordonae was the most frequently isolated species but did not cause disease in any case. NTM isolates from 212 patients were associated with clinically significant disease (17.1%). M.kansasii and M.avium were most commonly associated with disease. The number of M.kansasii isolates from men was statistically significant (P<.01). CONCLUSIONS In our study, NTM isolates increased by 35%, compared with a 21% decline in cases of MTB. Both isolation of NTM and clinically significant cases were more common in men. Only 17.1% of NTM isolates were associated with disease, most commonly M.avium complex and M.kansasii.
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- Susana Martínez González
- Unidad de Referencia Regional de Micobacterias, Servicio de Microbiología, AGC Laboratorio de Medicina, Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias, Oviedo, Asturias, España.
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- Unidad de Referencia Regional de Micobacterias, Servicio de Microbiología, AGC Laboratorio de Medicina, Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias, Oviedo, Asturias, España
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- Unidad de Referencia Regional de Micobacterias, Servicio de Microbiología, AGC Laboratorio de Medicina, Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias, Oviedo, Asturias, España
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Caracterización de pacientes hospitalizados con infecciones causadas por micobacterias no tuberculosas, en un hospital de alta complejidad en Colombia. INFECTIO 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/j.infect.2014.06.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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Prieto de Paula J, Cepedello Pérez S, Uzcátegui Urdaneta M, López Pedreira R. Síndrome de Lady Windermere: afectación del lóbulo medio y língula por Mycobacterium avium complex. Rev Clin Esp 2014; 214:171-3. [DOI: 10.1016/j.rce.2013.12.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2013] [Accepted: 12/17/2013] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Workalemahu B, Berg S, Tsegaye W, Abdissa A, Girma T, Abebe M, Aseffa A. Genotype diversity of Mycobacterium isolates from children in Jimma, Ethiopia. BMC Res Notes 2013; 6:352. [PMID: 24007374 PMCID: PMC3766673 DOI: 10.1186/1756-0500-6-352] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2013] [Accepted: 08/29/2013] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Paediatric tuberculosis (TB) is poorly addressed in Ethiopia and information about its magnitude and the genotype distribution of the causative Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains responsible for its spread are scanty. METHODS Gastric lavage or sputum samples were collected from consecutively enrolled TB suspect children visiting Jimma University Hospital in 2011 and cultured on Middlebrook 7H11 and Löwenstein-Jensen media. Acid fast bacterial (AFB) isolates were subjected to molecular typing targeting regions of difference (RDs), 16S rDNA gene and the direct repeat (DR) region using multiplex polymerase chain reaction (mPCR), gene sequencing and spoligotyping, respectively. Molecular drug susceptibility testing of M. tuberculosis isolates was performed by Genotype®MTBDRplus line probe assay (LPA) (Hain Life Sciences, Germany). RESULTS Gastric lavage (n = 43) or sputum (n = 58) samples were collected from 101 children and 31.7% (32/101) of the samples were positive for AFB by microscopy, culture and/or PCR. Out of 25 AFB isolates, 60% (15/25) were identified as M. tuberculosis by PCR, and 40% isolates (10/25) were confirmed to be non-tuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) by genus typing and 16S rDNA gene sequencing. Lineage classification assigned the M. tuberculosis strains into Euro-American (EUA, 66.7%; 10/15), East-African-Indian (EAI; 2/15), East-Asian (EA; 1/15) and Indio-Oceanic (IO; 1/15) lineages. Seven M. tuberculosis strains were new to the SpolDB4 database. All of the M. tuberculosis isolates were susceptible to isoniazid (INH) and rifampicin (RIF), except for one strain (of spoligotype SIT-149 or T3_ETH family) which had a mutation at the inhA locus which often confers resistance to INH (low level) and ethionamide. CONCLUSIONS Analysis of the genetic population structure of paediatric M. tuberculosis strains suggested similarity with that of adults, indicating an on-going and active transmission of M. tuberculosis from adults to children in Ethiopia. There were no multidrug-resistant TB (MDR-TB) strains among the isolates.
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- Bereket Workalemahu
- Armauer Hansen Research Institute (AHRI/ALERT), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
- Medical Laboratory Technology Team, Arba Minch College of Health Sciences, Arba Minch, Ethiopia
- Department of Laboratory Sciences and Pathology, Jimma University, Jimma, Ethiopia
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- Bovine TB Department, Animal Health and Veterinary Laboratories Agency (AHVLA), Weybridge, UK
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- Department of Laboratory Sciences and Pathology, Jimma University, Jimma, Ethiopia
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- Department of Laboratory Sciences and Pathology, Jimma University, Jimma, Ethiopia
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- Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Jimma University, Jimma, Ethiopia
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- Armauer Hansen Research Institute (AHRI/ALERT), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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- Armauer Hansen Research Institute (AHRI/ALERT), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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Terrero Jiménez BM, Abad Fernández A, Juretschke Moragues MA. Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis Due to Exposure to Mycobacterium avium. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2013. [DOI: 10.1016/j.arbr.2013.02.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Terrero Jiménez BM, Abad Fernández A, Juretschke Moragues MA. Neumonitis por hipersensibilidad por exposición a Mycobacterium avium. Arch Bronconeumol 2013; 49:173-4. [DOI: 10.1016/j.arbres.2012.08.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2012] [Revised: 08/29/2012] [Accepted: 08/30/2012] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Isolation and Identification of Environmental Mycobacteria in the Waters of a Hemodialysis Center. Curr Microbiol 2013; 67:107-11. [DOI: 10.1007/s00284-013-0341-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2012] [Accepted: 02/12/2013] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Coronado SM, Henao DC, Londoño ÁL, Herruzo R. Efecto micobactericida del ácido hipocloroso en tres especies ambientales potencialmente patógenas y en Mycobacterium tuberculosis. INFECTIO 2011. [DOI: 10.1016/s0123-9392(11)70738-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022] Open
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Cobas Paz A, Pallarés Sanmartín A, Fernández-Villar A. Wall abscess due to Mycobacterium avium intracellulare (MAI) in a patient with pneumoconiosis. Arch Bronconeumol 2011; 47:159-60. [PMID: 21316138 DOI: 10.1016/j.arbres.2010.09.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2010] [Accepted: 09/16/2010] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Girón RM, Máiz L, Barrio I, Teresa Martínez M, Salcedo A, Prados C. Estudio multicéntrico de prevalencia de micobacterias ambientales en pacientes con fibrosis quística. Arch Bronconeumol 2008. [DOI: 10.1016/s0300-2896(08)75777-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Girón RM, Máiz L, Barrio I, Martínez MT, Salcedo A, Prados C. Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Infection in Patients With Cystic Fibrosis: A Multicenter Prevalence Study. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2008. [DOI: 10.1016/s1579-2129(09)60006-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Ortega González Á, Sánchez J, Jorge Marcos Rodríguez P. Síndrome de Lady Windermere. Arch Bronconeumol 2007. [DOI: 10.1157/13101959] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Price D. The effect of tiotropium bromide on health-related quality of life in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Expert Rev Pharmacoecon Outcomes Res 2006; 6:391-405. [PMID: 20528509 DOI: 10.1586/14737167.6.4.391] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Tiotropium bromide is a once-daily anticholinergic recommended for maintenance treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. The 24-h bronchodilation in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease achieved with tiotropium treatment is currently unique. However, there is an increasing demand for proven efficacy in parameters of more direct interest to patients, in addition to physiological parameters. This article reviews the data currently available on the efficacy of tiotropium to improve the health-related quality of life of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
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- David Price
- University of Aberdeen, Department of General Practice and Primary Care, Foresterhill Health Centre, Westburn Road, Aberdeen AB25 2AY, Scotland, UK.
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Girón RM, Domingo D, Buendía B, Antón E, Ruiz-Velasco LM, Ancochea J. [Nontuberculous mycobacteria in patients with cystic fibrosis]. Arch Bronconeumol 2005; 41:560-5. [PMID: 16266669 DOI: 10.1016/s1579-2129(06)60283-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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OBJECTIVE Patients with cystic fibrosis are at great risk of infection by nontuberculous mycobacteria from the environment because of certain predisposing factors such as bronchiectasis, malnutrition, and diabetes. The aim of this study was to analyze the mycobacterial content of sputum smears and cultures from adult patients with cystic fibrosis attended at a specialized unit for adults from March 1997 through December 2001. PATIENTS AND METHODS Sputum samples were collected prospectively according to a protocol applied at each visit, and during most exacerbations staining and culture for mycobacteria were ordered in addition to the usual cultures for bacteria and fungi. A tuberculin test was performed at the end of the study. RESULTS Twenty-eight patients (16 men) with cystic fibrosis were enrolled. The mean (SD) age was 25.3 (6.7) years. A total of 251 samples were cultured (range in number of samples per patient, 1-31). The mean period of follow up was 40.3 (22.1) months. The sputum smear was positive in 29 cases (4 patients); the culture was positive in 7 patients. More than 3 samples were positive in only 4 patients. Mycobacterium abscessus was isolated in 3 cases, Mycobacterium avium complex in 2 and Mycobacterium simiae in 1 and other an unidentified rapid growth Mycobacterium species. The Mantoux test was positive in 5 patients. Two of the 4 patients in whose samples mycobacteria were isolated repeatedly required treatment. CONCLUSIONS The prevalence of nontuberculous mycobacterial infection is high in patients with cystic fibrosis. Staining and culture for mycobacteria should be carried out regularly and whenever exacerbation of pulmonary symptoms cannot be attributed to bacteria usually found in such patients. Patients with recurrent isolations of mycobacteria should be monitored closely.
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- R M Girón
- Servicio de Neumología, Hospital Universitario de la Princesa, Madrid, Spain.
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Girón R, Domingo D, Buendía B, Antón E, Ruiz-Velasco L, Ancochea J. Micobacterias ambientales en pacientes adultos con fibrosis quística. Arch Bronconeumol 2005. [DOI: 10.1157/13079840] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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