| mycobacterium xenopi infection in patients with human immunodeficiency virus infection. | mycobacterium xenopi is one of the most frequently isolated nontuberculous mycobacteria in ontario, canada. we reviewed the records of 28 human immunodeficiency virus (hiv)-infected patients from whom m. xenopi was isolated between 1982 and 1995. m. xenopi was recovered from respiratory specimens from 24 patients, most of whom had clinical and radiographic evidence of pulmonary disease. however, coexistent pulmonary infection due to other pathogens was found in 17 patients: pneumocystis carinii ... | 1997 | 9332511 |
| pulmonary nontuberculous mycobacterial disease, ontario, canada, 1998-2010. | we measured the prevalence and temporal trends of pulmonary nontuberculous mycobacterial disease among residents of ontario, canada, during 1998-2010. five-year prevalence increased from 29.3 cases/100,000 persons in 1998-2002 to 41.3/100,000 in 2006-2010 (p<0.0001). improved laboratory methods did not explain this increase, suggesting a surge in disease prevalence. | 2013 | 24210012 |