Publications by authors named "Barbara Chavez-Mazari"
Bovine tuberculosis (bTB) is mainly caused by Mycobacterium bovis. In Mexico, dairy cattle play an important role in the persistence and spread of the bacillus. In order to describe M.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: Nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) comprise several pathogens with a complex profile of virulence, diverse epidemiological and clinical patterns as well as host specificity. Recently, an increase in the number of NTM infections has been observed; therefore, the objective of this study was to evaluate the clinical characteristics and outcomes of these infections.
Methods: We included patients with NTM infections between 2001-2017 and obtained risk factors, clinical features and outcomes; finally, we compared this data between slowly growing (SGM) and rapidly growing mycobacteria (RGM).
Article Synopsis
- The study aimed to identify factors linked to Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex-positive blood cultures among patients diagnosed with tuberculosis from 2000 to 2015.
- Out of 533 patients, 145 had blood cultures, with 21 testing positive; those with mycobacteremia often had abdominal tuberculosis, low body mass index, and lower hemoglobin and albumin levels.
- The research highlights the lack of data on mycobacterium bacteremia in HIV-negative individuals, emphasizing the correlation between anemia, hypoalbuminemia, and low BMI with mycobacteremia.
Objective: To describe the seroprevalence and associated factors for brucellosis among dairy farm workers.
Materials And Methods: We performed a secondary analysis of a data set and sera from a previous cross-sectional study in a dairy farm. Sera were tested for Brucella spp.
Trends of Mycobacterium bovis Isolation and First-Line Anti-tuberculosis Drug Susceptibility Profile: A Fifteen-Year Laboratory-Based Surveillance.
PLoS Negl Trop Dis
September 2015
Background: Mycobacterium tuberculosis causes the majority of tuberculosis (TB) cases in humans; however, in developing countries, human TB caused by M. bovis may be frequent but undetected. Human TB caused by M.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Human tuberculosis caused by M. bovis is a zoonosis presently considered sporadic in developed countries, but remains a poorly studied problem in low and middle resource countries. The disease in humans is mainly attributed to unpasteurized dairy products consumption.
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