title: Nontuberculous mycobacteria isolated from pulmonary specimens between 2004 and 2009: causative agent or not?
abstract: Nontuberculous mycobacteria were identified from 45891 samples of 19553 patients with a prediagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis between November 2004 and January 2009. Among 10041 (21.9%) culture positive samples, 208 (2.1%) pulmonary samples recovered from 77 individual patients were differentiated as mycobacteria other than tuberculosis (MOTT). Proportion of mycobacteria evaluated as causative agent for clinical infection were found as 0.16% (n = 31), mostly M. avium complex, M. abscessus and M. kansasii. Additionally, M. fortuitum-peregrinum complex, M. simiae, M. szulgai / intermedium and M. scrofulaceum were found as causative agent in 2, 2, 2 and 1 patient, respectively. Identification of infections caused by environmental or opportunistic pathogen mycobacteria is required in rapid and accurate diagnosis, infection control and treatment planning of infections caused by M. tuberculosis complex and/or MOTT.
authors.affiliation: Microbiology and Clinical Microbiology Laboratory, Dr. Suat Seren Training and Research Hospital for Chest Diseases and Chest Surgery, Yenisehir, Izmir 35110, Turkey. cbicmen@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Can
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bicmen
authors.forename: Meral
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Coskun
authors.forename: Ayriz T
authors.initials: AT
authors.lastname: Gunduz
authors.forename: Gunes
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Senol
authors.forename: A Kadri
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Cirak
authors.forename: Gultekin
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Tibet
mesh_terms: D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009165:Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D009170:Nontuberculous Mycobacteria / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D012329:RNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D012338:RNA, Ribosomal, 23S / Q000235:genetics; D014421:Turkey / Q000453:epidemiology
chemical_list: D012329:RNA, Bacterial; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S; D012338:RNA, Ribosomal, 23S