A UK centre's experience of mycobacterial infections in HIV-infected patients.
A descriptive retrospective review of 26 patients with mycobacterial infection; 7 Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB), 17 Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC), one M. xenopei and one M. kansasii. Diagnosis of non-tuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) was made mainly from blood in 68%, with biopsy material initially useful in 68%. All MTB were fully sensitive. No patients received MAC chemoprophylaxis, yet resistance to rifabutin, ciprofloxacin and ethambutol was noted. It is important to examine the UK experience of mycobacterial infection; individual centres may find it useful to review infecting organisms and resistance patterns.
Clark
J E
JE
Paediatric Immunology and Infectious Diseases Unit, Newcastle General Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
Ong
E L
EL
D017088:AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009164:Mycobacterium Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D006113:United Kingdom