[Infections with Mycobacterium kansasii in the Academic Medical Center in Amsterdam: the changing clinical spectrum since the start of the HIV epidemic]. / Infecties met mycobacterium kansasii in het Academisch Medisch Centrum in Amsterdam: het klinisch beeld sinds het begin van de HIV-epidemie.
Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd
; 142(17): 965-9, 1998 Apr 25.
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OBJECTIVE: Inventory of patients with a Mycobacterium kansasii infection. DESIGN: Descriptive, retrospective. SETTING: Academic Medical Centre, Amsterdam, the Netherlands. METHOD: Review of the medical records of all patients with a bacteriologically confirmed infection with M. kansasii from January 1987 until the end of December 1996. RESULTS: M. kansasii was isolated from 17 patients. Of 15 HIV-tested patients 13 were seropositive. Their median CD4 count was 10 x 10(6)/l. Ten HIV-positive individuals used trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole prophylaxis. In 1 HIV-seropositive and in 1 HIV-seronegative patient no chest X-rays were made. Caverns were present in none of 12 HIV-positive patients and in 1 of 3 HIV-negative patients. Of the HIV-positive patients 1 fulfilled the criteria for pulmonary infection of the American Thoracic Society (ATS). According to these criteria 9 of the HIV-positive patients were colonized with M. kansasii. In 6 of these patients there were indications of infection: regression of pulmonary infiltrates with therapy (n = 3), positive histology and culture of lung tissue at autopsy (n = 1), and dissemination (n = 2). Disseminated infection occurred in a total of 4 HIV-infected patients. CONCLUSION: HIV-infected patients are at an increased risk for M. kansasii infection. Trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole does not offer protection against this infection. The diagnostic criteria of the ATS are not applicable to these patients. M. kansasii infection confirmed by isolation in an HIV-positive individual should always be treated.
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Asunto principal:
Brotes de Enfermedades
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Infecciones Oportunistas Relacionadas con el SIDA
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Mycobacterium kansasii
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Infecciones por Mycobacterium no Tuberculosas
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Diagnostic_studies
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Observational_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
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Europa
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Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd
Año:
1998
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