the prevalence and clinical significance of pulmonary infection due to non-tuberculous mycobacteria in hong kong. | an unexpected increase in positive sputum cultures of non-tuberculous mycobacteria (ntm) was noted in hong kong in 1990 compared to previous years, in contrast to a steady decline in the number of positive cultures of mycobacterium tuberculosis. a retrospective case note study was therefore undertaken to ascertain the clinical importance of the rise in ntm isolates. a representative sample of 183 of the 675 patients with ntm isolates from sputum during 1990 was identified. cases were assigned to ... | 1995 | 7708977 |
in-vitro activities of aminoglycoside-aminocyclitols against mycobacteria. | aminoglycoside-aminocyclitols including streptomycin, kanamycin, capreomycin and amikacin showed considerable activity against mycobacterium tuberculosis, with mics well below their cmax and relatively low mbc/mic ratios. kanamycin, capreomycin and amikacin remained highly active against 'resistant' and 'multidrug-resistant' m. tuberculosis isolates except for some 'multidrug-resistant' isolates which showed complete cross-resistance between streptomycin and the selected 2-deoxystreptamines. gen ... | 1997 | 9249201 |
atypical mycobacterial cutaneous infections in hong kong: 10-year retrospective study. | to review the epidemiology of atypical mycobacterial cutaneous infection in hong kong. | 2006 | 16495585 |