| comparison of the bactec mgit 960 with löwenstein-jensen medium for recovery of mycobacteria from clinical specimens. | taiwan provincial chronic disease control bureau. | 2000 | 10985656 |
| isolation of non-tuberculous mycobacteria from hospital cockroaches (periplaneta americana). | this study attempted to isolate mycobacteria from hospital and household cockroaches from 90 hospitals and 40 households in kaohsiung city and kaohsiung county, south taiwan. among 203 cockroaches (139 periplaneta americana and 64 blattella germanica) collected from the hospitals, six mycobacterium spp. were isolated and identified by polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis. in 12 cockroaches (p. americana): four mycobacterium kansaii, three mycobacterium xeno ... | 2003 | 12623325 |
| high prevalence of antimicrobial resistance in rapidly growing mycobacteria in taiwan. | an increasing number of clinical isolations of rapidly growing mycobacteria (rgm) at the national taiwan university hospital were noted from 1992 to 2001. broth microdilution mics of 15 antimicrobial agents were determined for 200 clinical isolates of rgm, including the mycobacterium fortuitum group (69 isolates), m. chelonae (39 isolates), and m. abscessus (92 isolates). our results showed that the resistance rates of these isolates to the currently available agents were remarkably high. amikac ... | 2003 | 12760874 |
| venous catheter-associated bacteremia caused by rapidly growing mycobacteria at a medical center in central taiwan. | infections due to rapidly growing mycobacteria (rgm) are increasing worldwide, especially in immunocompromised hosts, but data on the clinical features of patients with rgm bacteremia are limited in taiwan. this study was performed to determine the features associated with rgm. | 2009 | 19949759 |
| genitourinary infections caused by nontuberculous mycobacteria at a university hospital in taiwan, 1996-2008. | genitourinary infections caused by nontuberculous mycobacteria (ntm) are rarely reported. the medical records of all patients with genitourinary ntm infections treated at national taiwan university hospital from 1996-2008 were retrospectively reviewed. fifteen patients were identified, of whom 10 (67%) were male. more than two-thirds of patients had underlying conditions, the most common of which was chronic renal disease. only one patient had aids. acid-fast smears of urine were negative in all ... | 2010 | 20132253 |
| skin and soft-tissue infection caused by non-tuberculous mycobacteria in taiwan, 1997-2008. | the aim of this study was to investigate the clinical, microbiological, and pathological characteristics and the outcomes of skin and soft-tissue infection (ssti) caused by non-tuberculous mycobacteria (ntm). medical records of 50 patients with ssti caused by ntm identified from 2005 to 2008 and 63 patients previously reported in a medical centre from 1997 to 2004 were reviewed. the annual incidence (per 100,000 outpatients and in-patients) ranged from 0·57 in 2005, 0·38 in 2007, to 1·1 in 2008, ... | 2011 | 20598210 |
| synergistic activities of tigecycline with clarithromycin or amikacin against rapidly growing mycobacteria in taiwan. | the occurrence of diseases caused by rapidly growing mycobacteria (rgm) is increasing in taiwan. in this study, the in vitro antimicrobial activities of tigecycline, minocycline, tetracycline and doxycycline were evaluated against 160 clinical rgm isolates, including 34 mycobacterium abscessus sensu stricto (s.s.), 44 mycobacterium massiliense, 1 mycobacterium bolletii, 58 mycobacterium fortuitum and 23 mycobacterium chelonae. clarithromycin and amikacin were tested alone as well as for synergis ... | 2013 | 23312605 |
| complicated skin and soft tissue infection with mycobacterium fortuitum following excision of a sebaceous cyst in taiwan. | mycobacterium fortuitum group (m. fortuitum), also known as rapidly growing mycobacteria, can cause pyogenic infections in human beings, most commonly in immunocompromised patients. herein, we present a 40-year-old immunocompetent male patient who underwent planned excision of a sebaceous cyst in the abdominal wall. he suffered from tender erythematous lesions with purulent discharge around the healing wound that developed 2 weeks after surgery. gram stain, bacterial and fungal culture results o ... | 2016 | 28036317 |