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An immunocompromised dialysis patient with skin and bone lesions [PDF]

, 2010
Patients with chronic kidney failure have disturbances of immune function involving both innate and adaptive systems. These result in both immunodepression which increases susceptibility to infection and immunoactivation leading to a chronic inflammatory
Brown, Griffith, Jarzembowski, Katoch, Swenson, Uslan, Wallace, Wallace   +7 more
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254 Evaluating the psychological impact of newly implemented infection control measures for the nontuberculous mycobacterium Mycobacterium abscessus [PDF]

Journal of Cystic Fibrosis, 2014
Objectives: The nontuberculous mycobacterium (NTM) Mycobacterium abscessus (MABSC) is now thought to be frequently transmitted between individuals with CF despite conventional cross-infection measures [1]. New national NTM guidelines have been developed to enhance infection control although their psychological impact on patients is unknown. Since other
E. Offord, V. Shearing, A. Floto, C. Haworth   +3 more
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Aerosolized amikacin for treatment of pulmonary Mycobacterium avium infections: an observational case series

BMC Pulmonary Medicine, 2007
Background Current systemic therapy for nontuberculous mycobacterial pulmonary infection is limited by poor clinical response rates, drug toxicities and side effects.
Jacobs Susan S, Kao Peter N, Davis Kala K, Ruoss Stephen J   +3 more
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Mixed Mycobacterium kansasii and Mycobacterium smegmatis infection in an adult‐onset immunodeficiency patient with anti‐interferon‐γ autoantibodies

Respirology Case Reports, 2023
Anti‐interferon‐gamma autoantibody (AIGA) is a rare adult‐onset immunodeficiency disease that increases the risk of occult infection. Nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) infections represent a diverse group of species and subspecies, and mixed infections ...
Yun‐Tse Chou, Wei‐An Liao, Chin‐Wei Kuo   +2 more
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Cervical abscess in an immunocompetent patient with Mycobacterium malmoense pulmonary disease [PDF]

, 2011
BACKGROUND: Mycobacterium malmoense is a nontuberculous mycobacteria seen mainly in two age groups and with different clinical presentations. Most patients are male adults presenting clinical symptoms and signs similar to those of pulmonary tuberculosis.
Barroso, L, Duarte, JN, Ferreira, A, Marques, N, Ramos, I, Sanz, D, Saraiva da Cunha, JG, Sá, R   +7 more
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Mycobacterium fortuitum and Mycobacterium abscessus infections in the foot and ankle in two immunocompetent patients

BioMedicine, 2020
Nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) infections of the musculoskeletal system are commonly missed due to its rarity and the absence of systemic symptoms.
K. Wong, Z. Tang, G. M. Tan
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Nontuberculous Mycobacterium Infection and Tumor Necrosis Factor-α Antagonists [PDF]

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2009
To the Editor: Mycobacterium haemophilum is an aerobic, slow-growing microorganism with optimal growth at 30°C to 32°C. It has a unique requirement for ferric iron–containing compounds (1), from which it acquired its name (i.e., haemophilum). Infections with M. haemophilum are rare, but cervicofacial lymphadenitis caused by M.
Swart, R.M., Ingen, J. van, Soolingen, D. van, Slingerland, R., Hendriks, W.D., Hollander, J.G. den   +5 more
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What Immunological Defects Predispose to Non-tuberculosis Mycobacterial Infections? [PDF]

, 2017
Nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) are categorized as one of the large and diverse groups of environmental organisms which are abundant in water and soil.  NTM cause a variety of diseases in humans that mainly affect the lung.
Adcock, IM, Garssen, J, Kazempour Dizagie, M, Mirsaeidi, M, Moloudizargari, M, Mortaz, E, Movassaghi, M, Varahram, M   +7 more
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Multidrug-Resistant Nontuberculous Mycobacteria Isolated from Cystic Fibrosis Patients [PDF]

, 2014
Worldwide, nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) have become emergent pathogens of pulmonary infections in cystic fibrosis (CF) patients, with an estimated prevalence ranging from 5 to 20%.
Aguiar, Fabio Silva, Armstrong, Derek T., Campanini Candido, Pedro Henrique, Chitolina, Fernanda, Coelho, Fabrice Santana, Duarte, Rafael Silva, Folescu, Tania Wrobel, Gomes, Karen Machado, Goncalves Neves, Felipe Piedade, Leao, Sylvia Cardoso, Marques, Elizabeth Andrade, Nogueira de Moura, Vinicius Calado, Nunes, Luciana de Souza, Queiroz Mello, Fernanda Carvalho de, Silva Lourenco, Maria Cristina da, Silva, Marlei Gomes da   +15 more
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Two Decades of Insights into Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Hand Infections

Open Forum Infectious Diseases
Background The objective of our study is to describe the clinical presentation, management, and outcome of a large cohort with nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) hand infection.
Hussam Tabaja, Humza Y Saleem, Karim Bakri, A. Tande   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source