Nontuberculous mycobacteria in patients of a specialty hospital
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https://doi.org/10.1590/S1678-9946202365042%20Palabras clave:
Mycobacteria, Sample, Diagnostic, TreatmentResumen
The incidence and clinical characteristics of NTM diseases in Brazil remain relatively unknown. The present study describes the diagnosis of NTM isolates, the clinical presentation and treatment outcomes. We analyzed NTM isolates in patients of a tertiary hospital in the Southeast region of Brazil, from January 2008 to July 2019. The ATS/IDSA criteria for diagnosis and treatment of these patients was applied. Mycobacterium kansasii were identified in 13/113 (11.5%) patients. In 59/113 (52.2%) patients who met the ATS criteria for disease, 29/59 (49.1%) received treatment, and 22/29 (75.8%) were cured. The major species identified was M. kansasii. The most frequent symptoms among the treated patients were dyspnea and cough, and the proportion of cured patients was high.
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Derechos de autor 2023 Grazielle Conceição Sousa Barboza, Isabela Neves de Almeida, Lucas Benício dos Santos, Claudio José Augusto, Élida Aparecida Leal, Cristiane Aparecida Menezes de Pádua, Aina Liz Alves Cesar, Afrânio Lineu Kritski, Wânia da Silva Carvalho, Silvana Spíndola de Miranda, Lida Jouca de Assis Figueredo
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