title: Mycobacterial bacteraemia in patients infected and not infected with human immunodeficiency virus, Taiwan.
abstract: The clinical characteristics and outcomes of 71 patients with mycobacterial bacteraemia, infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) (n = 47) and not infected with HIV (n = 24) are described. Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) (54.9%) constituted the most frequently isolated mycobacterium, followed by Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) (38.0%), Mycobacterium kansasii (4.2%), and Mycobacterium abscessus (2.8%). The Beijing family genotype was the most common type in MTB, and Mycobacterium intracellulare was the most common species in MAC. The overall mortality rate was 33.8%; it was lower in HIV-infected than in non-HIV-infected patients. HIV-infected patients were younger, had fewer underlying diseases and better nutritional status, and were more likely to have MAC bacteraemia than MTB bacteraemia.
authors.affiliation: Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Chi-Mei Medical Centre, Tainan, Taiwan.
authors.forename: C-K
authors.initials: CK
authors.lastname: Tan
authors.forename: C-C
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Lai
authors.forename: C-H
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Liao
authors.forename: C-H
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Chou
authors.forename: H-L
authors.initials: HL
authors.lastname: Hsu
authors.forename: Y-T
authors.initials: YT
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: P-R
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Hsueh
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D016470:Bacteremia / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000401:mortality; D015373:Bacterial Typing Techniques; D016172:DNA Fingerprinting; D005260:Female; D005838:Genotype; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009165:Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000401:mortality; D015269:Mycobacterium avium Complex / Q000302:isolation & purification; D019909:Mycobacterium kansasii / Q000302:isolation & purification; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D013624:Taiwan / Q000453:epidemiology; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000401:mortality; D055815:Young Adult