| emergence of disseminated infections due to nontuberculous mycobacteria in non-hiv-infected patients, including immunocompetent and immunocompromised patients in a university hospital in taiwan. | although disseminated nontuberculous mycobacteria (ntm) infection has been increasingly reported in patients with aids, this condition is still considered rare in non-hiv-infected patients. | 2006 | 16313964 |
| disease caused by non-tuberculous mycobacteria in a university hospital in taiwan, 1997-2003. | from january 1997 to december 2003, all patients with non-tuberculous mycobacteria (ntm) isolation who were treated at a university hospital in taiwan were evaluated. among the 2650 ntm isolates, 1225 (46.2%) were from 412 patients with clinically significant diseases. the annual incidence (per 100000 patients) of disease caused by ntm was 8.96 in 1997, 21.53 in 2002, and 16.55 in 2003. the major types of infections caused by ntm included isolated pulmonary infection and pleurisy (59.5%), skin/s ... | 2006 | 16492317 |
| lymphadenitis caused by non-tuberculous mycobacteria in a university hospital in taiwan: predominance of rapidly growing mycobacteria and high recurrence rate. | lymphadenitis is the most common manifestation of infection due to non-tuberculous mycobacteria (ntm) in otherwise healthy children. this disease is rare in adults and its geographic variations in etiology and clinical manifestations remain unclear. the aim of this study was to describe the etiology, clinical presentation, treatment, and outcome of ntm lymphadenitis. | 2005 | 16607446 |
| mycobacterial bacteraemia in patients infected and not infected with human immunodeficiency virus, taiwan. | the clinical characteristics and outcomes of 71 patients with mycobacterial bacteraemia, infected with human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) (n = 47) and not infected with hiv (n = 24) are described. mycobacterium avium complex (mac) (54.9%) constituted the most frequently isolated mycobacterium, followed by mycobacterium tuberculosis (mtb) (38.0%), mycobacterium kansasii (4.2%), and mycobacterium abscessus (2.8%). the beijing family genotype was the most common type in mtb, and mycobacterium intra ... | 2010 | 19709128 |
| 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 |
| clinical significance of nontuberculous mycobacteria isolates in elderly taiwanese patients. | the aim of this study was to investigate the clinical significance of nontuberculous mycobacteria (ntm) isolates in elderly taiwanese patients. from 2004 through 2008, patients >65 years old with ntm isolation were identified. the definitions of ntm disease followed the american thoracic society and infectious disease society of america (ats/idsa) criteria. among the 3,175 ntm isolates, mycobacterium avium complex (mac; n = 1,118, 35.2%) was the most prevalent species, followed by m. abscessus ( ... | 2011 | 21240651 |
| factors associated with subsequent nontuberculous mycobacterial lung disease in patients with a single sputum isolate on initial examination. | very few studies have focused on the outcome and management of patients with a single sputum isolate of nontuberculous mycobacterium (ntm) on initial examination. patients with a single isolate of mycobacterium avium complex (mac), m. chelonae-abscessus, m. kansasii, or m. fortuitum from at least three sputum samples collected within 1 month were retrospectively identified. those with follow-up sputum samples within 1 year were included in the analysis. among the 202 patients included, m. fortui ... | 2015 | 25658545 |
| nontuberculous mycobacterial infections in cancer patients in a medical center in taiwan, 2005-2008. | data on the nontuberculous mycobacterial (ntm) species that cause infection and the characteristics of disease caused by these pathogens in cancer patients are limited, so we perform this study to investigate the species distribution of ntm isolates from various clinical specimens and to elucidate the epidemiologic trends in ntm isolates and diseases among cancer patients. from 2005 through 2008, cancer patients with ntm infections as defined by the american thoracic society/infectious diseases ... | 2011 | 22137681 |
| 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 |
| clinical features of patients with bacteraemia caused by mycobacterium avium complex species and antimicrobial susceptibility of the isolates at a medical centre in taiwan, 2008-2014. | advanced molecular typing methods have greatly expanded the taxonomy of mycobacterium avium complex (mac) species; however, little is known about the epidemiology and clinical features of bacteraemia caused by different mac species. in this study, the clinical characteristics of patients treated for mac bacteraemia in a tertiary-care centre in northern taiwan during 2008-2014 were investigated. isolates were identified to species level by rpob gene and 16s-23s rrna internal transcribed spacer re ... | 2017 | 28478210 |