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Frequency and clinical implications of the isolation of rare nontuberculous mycobacteria
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dc.contributor.author | Kim, Junghyun | - |
dc.contributor.author | Seong, Moon-Woo | - |
dc.contributor.author | Kim, Eui-Chong | - |
dc.contributor.author | Han, Sung Koo | - |
dc.contributor.author | Yim, Jae-Joon | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2015-02-16T04:15:54Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2015-02-16T04:15:54Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2015-01-09 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | BMC Infectious Diseases. 15(1) : 9 | ko_KR |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10371/93791 | - |
dc.description.abstract | Background: To date, more than 125 species of nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) have been identified. In this study, we investigated the frequency and clinical implication of the rarely isolated NTM from respiratory specimens. Methods: Patients with NTM isolated from their respiratory specimens between July 1, 2010 and June 31, 2012 were screened for inclusion. Rare NTM were defined as those NTM not falling within the group of eight NTM species commonly identified at our institution: Mycobacterium avium, M. intracellulare, M. abscessus, M. massiliense, M. fortuitum, M. kansasii, M. gordonae, and M. peregrinum. Clinical, radiographic and microbiological data from patients with rare NTM were reviewed and analyzed.
Results: During the study period, 73 rare NTM were isolated from the respiratory specimens of 68 patients. Among these, M. conceptionense was the most common (nine patients, 12.3%). The median age of the 68 patients with rare NTM was 68 years, while 39 of the patients were male. Rare NTM were isolated only once in majority of patient (64 patients, 94.1%). Among the four patients from whom rare NTM were isolated two or more times, only two showed radiographic aggravation caused by rare NTM during the follow-up period. Conclusions: Most of the rarely identified NTM species were isolated from respiratory specimens only once per patient, without concomitant clinical aggravation. Clinicians could therefore observe such patients closely without invasive work-ups or treatment, provided the patients do not have decreased host immunity towards mycobacteria | ko_KR |
dc.language.iso | en | ko_KR |
dc.publisher | BioMed Central | ko_KR |
dc.subject | Nontuberculous mycobacteria | ko_KR |
dc.subject | Clinical manifestation | ko_KR |
dc.title | Frequency and clinical implications of the isolation of rare nontuberculous mycobacteria | ko_KR |
dc.type | Article | ko_KR |
dc.contributor.AlternativeAuthor | 김정현 | - |
dc.contributor.AlternativeAuthor | 성문우 | - |
dc.contributor.AlternativeAuthor | 김의종 | - |
dc.contributor.AlternativeAuthor | 한성구 | - |
dc.contributor.AlternativeAuthor | 임재준 | - |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1186/s12879-014-0741-7 | - |
dc.language.rfc3066 | en | - |
dc.description.version | Peer Reviewed | - |
dc.rights.holder | Junghyun Kim et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. | - |
dc.date.updated | 2015-01-16T16:14:48Z | - |
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