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Rev Esp Quimioter ; 32(5): 451-457, 2019 Oct.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-31535542

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OBJECTIVE: Non-pigmented rapidly growing mycobacteria (NPRGM) are a group of organisms of increasing interest due to the growing number of potential patients and the difficulties for a proper treatment in many of them. However, the evolution of these diseases in a long period of time and its evolutionary changes has been described only in a scanty number of reports. METHODS: We performed a retrospective study between January 1st 2004 and December 31st 2017 in order to evaluate the clinical significance and types of diseases caused by NPRGM. Patients with isolates of NPRGM during this period were selected for the study, and clinical charts were reviewed using a predefined protocol. RESULTS: During this period we identified 59 patients (76 clinical samples) with isolates of NPRGM, with 12 cases of clinical disease and one patient with doubtful significance (including 6 respiratory tract infections, 2 catheter infections, 1 skin and soft tissue infection, 1 disseminated infection, 1 conjunctivitis, 1 prosthetic joint infection and 1 mastitis). Fifty percent of M. chelonae isolates, 37.5% of M. abscessus isolates and 23.33% of M. fortuitum isolates were clinically significant. None of the isolates of other species were significant. CONCLUSIONS: Most isolates in respiratory samples were contaminants/colonizations. M. abscessus was the main etiological agent in respiratory syndromes, whereas M. chelonae and M. fortuitum were more frequently associated with other infections, especially clinical devices and skin and soft tissue infections.


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Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous/microbiology , Nontuberculous Mycobacteria/isolation & purification , Adult , Aged , Aged, 80 and over , Female , Humans , Male , Middle Aged , Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous/epidemiology , Mycobacterium abscessus/isolation & purification , Mycobacterium chelonae/isolation & purification , Mycobacterium fortuitum/isolation & purification , Retrospective Studies , Spain , Time Factors
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Clin Microbiol Infect ; 21(4): 348.e1-4, 2015 Apr.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-25596780

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To investigate the potential implications (especially the implications in clinical significance and antimicrobial susceptibility) of polyclonality among rapidly growing mycobacteria, we performed random amplified polymorphic DNA analysis in 64 clinical isolates of which the clinical significance was established. Phenotypic characteristics (antimicrobial susceptibility test, colony morphology and growth rate) of each clone were studied. Polyclonality was detected in 13 of the isolates (20.3%). There was a relationship between monoclonality and clinical significance (p 0.0096). Monoclonal and polyclonal isolates showed different behaviour in antimicrobial susceptibility. There was a strong relationship between monoclonality and those species that are more pathogenic for humans, and also with clinical significance of the isolates.


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Genetic Variation , Genotype , Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous/epidemiology , Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous/microbiology , Nontuberculous Mycobacteria/classification , Nontuberculous Mycobacteria/isolation & purification , Phenotype , Anti-Bacterial Agents/pharmacology , Humans , Microbial Sensitivity Tests , Molecular Typing , Nontuberculous Mycobacteria/drug effects , Nontuberculous Mycobacteria/growth & development , Pigments, Biological/analysis , Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA Technique
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