Disseminated nontuberculous mycobacterial disease in patients with acquired immune deficiency syndrome in the south of Brazil

Trop Doct. 2010 Oct;40(4):211-3. doi: 10.1258/td.2010.100019. Epub 2010 Jul 19.

Abstract

A retrospective cohort was studied in order to evaluate mortality of patients with disseminated non-tuberculous mycobacterial (NTM) disease in Brazil. This diagnosis was neglected in 44.4% of patients, and in-hospital mortality was 41.7%.

Publication types

  • Evaluation Study
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / complications
  • Adult
  • Brazil / epidemiology
  • Cohort Studies
  • Female
  • HIV Infections / complications*
  • Hospital Mortality
  • Hospitalization
  • Humans
  • Immunocompromised Host
  • Incidence
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Mycobacterium / classification
  • Mycobacterium / isolation & purification*
  • Mycobacterium Infections / complications
  • Mycobacterium Infections / microbiology
  • Mycobacterium Infections / mortality*
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Risk Factors
  • Young Adult