Retrospective study of 668 cultures for mycobacteria in a reference hospital for AIDS in Southern Brazil
Braz. j. infect. dis
;
7(2): 126-128, Apr. 2003. tab
Artigo
em Inglês
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| ID: lil-351156
RESUMO
Although AIDS patients in other countries are frequently diagnosed as having atypical mycobacterial infection, in Southern Brazil there is a clinical impression that Mycobacterium tuberculosis is the rule rather than the exception. We made a retrospective review of cultures for mycobacteria at our hospital in order to determine the frequency of atypical mycobacteria and Mycobacterium tuberculosis in hospitalised patients in Porto Alegre, Brazil. Mycobacterium tuberculosis was the most frequent isolate (79.9 percent), regardless of HIV serostatus. Only 1.5 percent of the cultures yielded atypical mycobacteria, all of which in AIDS patients. Mycobacterium tuberculosis was diagnosed in most of the HIV-infected patients (81.2 percent). We conclude that Mycobacterium tuberculosis is frequent in both HIV infected and non-HIV infected patients in this part of the country
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LILACS (Américas)
Assunto principal:
Tuberculose Pulmonar
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Infecções Oportunistas Relacionadas com a AIDS
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Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Tipo de estudo:
Estudo observacional
/
Estudo de prevalência
/
Fatores de risco
Limite:
Adulto
/
Feminino
/
Humanos
/
Masculino
País/Região como assunto:
América do Sul
/
Brasil
Idioma:
Inglês
Revista:
Braz. j. infect. dis
Assunto da revista:
Doenças Transmissíveis
Ano de publicação:
2003
Tipo de documento:
Artigo
País de afiliação:
Brasil
Instituição/País de afiliação:
Hospital Nossa Senhora da Conceição/BR
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