A Retrospective Study of Culture-confirmed Mycobacterial Infection among Hospitalized HIV-infected Patients in Beijing, China / 生物医学与环境科学(英文)
Biomedical and Environmental Sciences
;
(12): 459-462, 2018.
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in English
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-690635
ABSTRACT
A retrospective analysis was performed in two major HIV/AIDS referral hospitals in Beijing to evaluate the prevalence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) and non-tuberculous mycobacterial (NTM) infections in HIV-infected patients. A total of 627 patients' data were reviewed, and 102 (16.3%) patients were diagnosed with culture-confirmed mycobacterial infection, including 84 with MTB, 16 with NTM, and 2 with both MTB and NTM. The most frequent clinical complication by mycobacterial infection was pulmonary infection (48/102, 47.1%). The overall rates of multidrug-resistant TB (MDR-TB) and extensively drug-resistant TB (XDR-TB) were 11.9% and 3.4%, respectively. This study underlines the urgent need to intensify screening for mycobacteria coinfection with HIV and to prevent the spread of drug-resistant TB among HIV-infected patients.
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Index:
WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Main subject:
Sputum
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Tuberculosis, Pulmonary
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Hospitals, Urban
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HIV Infections
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Epidemiology
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Prevalence
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Retrospective Studies
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AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections
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Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant
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Extensively Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis
Type of study:
Observational study
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Prevalence study
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Risk factors
Limits:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
English
Journal:
Biomedical and Environmental Sciences
Year:
2018
Type:
Article
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