title: Disseminated nontuberculous mycobacterial disease in patients with acquired immune deficiency syndrome in the south of Brazil.
abstract: A retrospective cohort was studied in order to evaluate mortality of patients with disseminated non-tuberculous mycobacterial (NTM) disease in Brazil. This diagnosis was neglected in 44.4% of patients, and in-hospital mortality was 41.7%.
authors.affiliation: Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre - HCPA, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. rpsantos@hcpa.ufrgs.br
authors.forename: Rodrigo Pires
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Dos Santos
authors.forename: Karin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Scheid
authors.forename: Luciano Zubaran
authors.initials: LZ
authors.lastname: Goldani
mesh_terms: D017088:AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / Q000150:complications; D000328:Adult; D001938:Brazil / Q000453:epidemiology; D015331:Cohort Studies; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000150:complications*; D017052:Hospital Mortality; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D016867:Immunocompromised Host; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009161:Mycobacterium / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D009164:Mycobacterium Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000382:microbiology / Q000401:mortality*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D055815:Young Adult