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Identificación de Mycobacteria no pigmenteda de crecimiento rápido por el Método Molecular de Micobacterium de Genotipo CM

Introducción: la micobacteria no terberculosa (NTM) forma un grupo heterogéneo de microorganismos que pueden causar infección en humanos. Las micobacterias no pigmentadas de rápido crecimiento (MNPCR) son de interés clínico debido al creciente número de pacientes infectados por ellos y a la dificu...

Actualización del manejo de microbacterias no tuberculosas

Desde el año 2007 se han generado guías de diagnóstico y tratamiento de micobacterias no tuberculosas (MNTB), la última de las cuales fue desarrollada en el año 2020 por ATS/ERS/ESCMID/IDSA, en ella se actualizan los criterios diagnósticos, los cri...

Non-tuberculous cutaneous mycobacterioses

An. bras. dermatol; 96 (5), 2021
Abstract Non-tuberculous mycobacteriosis, previously known as atypical, anonymous, opportunistic, or unclassified mycobacteriosis, refers to pathogenic mycobacterioses other than those caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Mycobacterium leprae. These mycobacteria are known for their environmental dist...

Recomendações para o diagnóstico e tratamento das doenças causadas por micobactérias não tuberculosas no Brasil: [recurso eletrônico]

Mycobacterium abscessus urinary tract infection: case report

J. bras. nefrol; 42 (1), 2020
Abstract Urinary tract infection is a serious public health issue that predominantly affects women. In men, it is more often associated with prostatic hyperplasia and bladder catheterization. Urogenital tuberculosis presents with nonspecific with nonspecific symptoms and the diagnosis can be made in the ...

Identification of nontuberculous mycobacteria species by multiplex real-time PCR with high-resolution melting

Abstract INTRODUCTION: Nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) species, as human pathogens, are increasing in the world, as is the difficulty of accurately identifying them. Differential diagnosis, especially between the M. tuberculosis complex and NTM species, and the characterization of NTM species is impo...

Nontuberculous mycobacteria in patients with suspected tuberculosis and the genetic diversity of Mycobacterium avium in the extreme south of Brazil

J. bras. pneumol; 46 (2), 2020
ABSTRACT Objective: Nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) are a heterogeneous group of bacteria that are widely distributed in nature and associated with opportunistic infections in humans. The aims of this study were to identify NTM in patients with suspected tuberculosis who presented positive cultures an...

Características clínicas e epidemiológicas de casos de infecção pulmonar por Mycobacterium kansasii no Rio de Janeiro, no período de 2006 a 2016

J. bras. pneumol; 46 (6), 2020
RESUMO Objetivo Avaliar características clínicas, tomográficas e microbiológicas dos pacientes com doença pulmonar causada pela M. kansasii (DPMK) atendidos em unidade ambulatorial no período 2006-2016. Métodos Estudo descritivo, em que foram analisados 38 pacientes. Foram analisadas as caracter...

Pulmonary nontuberculous mycobacterial infections: presumptive diagnosis based on the international microbiological criteria adopted in the state of São Paulo, Brazil, 2011-2014

J. bras. pneumol; 45 (2), 2019
ABSTRACT Objective: Pulmonary nontuberculous mycobacterial infections are caused by nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM), the microbiological diagnosis of which involves the isolation and identification of the same species in at least two sputum samples, one BAL fluid sample, or one lung biopsy sample. The...

Micobacterias no tuberculosas en pacientes con fibrosis quística

In recent years there has been a global increase in nontuberculous mycobacteria isolates, especially in patients with cystic fibrosis. As its clinical and radiological characteristics overlap with other infectious agents, diagnostic guidelines were generated based on evidence from patients who do not pre...