| [mycobacteria tuberculosis bacteremia]. | mycobacterial bacteremia is common in patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, and mycobacterium avium-intracellulare is isolated most frequently. although bacteremia due to mycobacterium tuberculosis was described as early as 1917, there are few recent reports regarding this phenomenon. however, mycobacterium tuberculosis infection is relative rare in those developed countries as compared to ours. it is estimated about 12,000 newly diagnosed tuberculous patients in taiwan area every ye ... | 1991 | 1646680 |
| five-year experience of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 national screening program implemented at veterans general hospital-taipei. | from july 1986 through june 1990, 33,199 sera from various risk groups were collected in veterans general hospital-taipei for detection of antibody against human immunodeficiency virus, type 1 (hiv-1). sixty-five samples were proved positive by western blot analysis. among individual high risk groups, hemophiliacs had the highest positive rate of 20/60 (29.41%), followed by homosexual/bisexual males (41/1,264, 3.24%). the overall positive rate was 65/33,199 (0.19%). ten cases were recognized as ... | 1993 | 8402370 |
| clinical features and outcome in disseminated mycobacterial diseases in aids patients in taiwan. | to describe and compare the clinical features and outcome of disseminated tuberculosis (tb) and mycobacterium avium complex (mac) disease in aids patients. | 1998 | 9708409 |
| pot shots. | certain hiv drugs have significant side effects. there have been reports from europe that some hemophiliacs using protease inhibitors suffered from spontaneous bleeding. clofazimine, sold as lamprene, has been shown to cause harm when used with clarithromycin and ethambutol to treat mac. lamprene may cause internal bleeding, nausea, diarrhea, dizziness, drowsiness, and dry skin. results of a taiwanese trial of thymosin-alpha indicate that it did not help treat hepatitis b in a statistically sign ... | 1996 | 11363915 |
| increasing incidence of nontuberculous mycobacteria, taiwan, 2000-2008. | to assess the species distribution and epidemiologic trends of nontuberculous mycobacteria, we examined isolates from patients in taiwan. during 2000-2008, the proportion increased significantly from 32.3% to 49.8%. associated disease incidence increased from 2.7 to 10.2 cases per 100,000 patients. mycobacterium avium complex and m. abscessus were most frequently isolated. | 2010 | 20113563 |
| clinical significance of isolation of mycobacterium avium complex from respiratory specimens. | mycobacterium avium complex (mac) is frequently considered to be a contaminant or transient colonizer. to the best of our knowledge, there have been very few reports regarding the clinical significance of mac isolates in respiratory specimens, and the associated disease spectrum in taiwan. the purpose of this study was to investigate the clinical significance of mac isolates in respiratory specimens. | 2010 | 20654791 |
| nontuberculosis mycobacterium disease is a risk factor for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a nationwide cohort study. | the aim of this study was to evaluate the association between chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (copd) and nontuberculosis mycobacterium (ntm) disease. | 2014 | 24691889 |