Epidemiological and laboratorial profile of patients with isolation of nontuberculous mycobacteria.

Background: An increase in NTM diseases in the international scenario has been observed in recent years.

Aims: To analyze the epidemiological and laboratory profiles of patients with isolation of nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) over one decade. A retrospective analysis of records of a mycobacterial reference laboratory found 135 cases with isolation of NTM.

Mycobacterium tuberculosis in a HIV-1-infected population from Southeastern Brazil in the HAART era.

Objective: To evaluate retrospectively the microbiological profile of Mycobacterium species isolated from HIV-infected patients attending the HIV/TB reference health care units in São José do Rio Preto, Brazil.

Method: Retrospective evaluation of all HIV-1 positive patients whose IAL-SJRP laboratorial analysis was positive for Mycobacterium sp. after diagnosis of HIV Infection, from January 2000 to December 2006.