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.

Clinical and epidemiological profiles of individuals with drug-resistant tuberculosis.

Drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) is a growing global threat. Approximately 450,000 people developed multidrug-resistant TB worldwide in 2012 and an estimated 170,000 people died from the disease. This paper describes the sociodemographic, clinical-epidemiological and bacteriological aspects of TB and correlates these features with the distribution of anti-TB drug resistance.

Nontuberculous mycobacteria isolated in São José do Rio Preto, Brazil between 1996 and 2005.

Objective: To study the incidence of nontuberculous mycobacteria and the range of species isolated between 1996 and 2005 at a regional branch of the Adolfo Lutz Institute-located in the city of São José do Rio Preto, Brazil-and to show the importance of laboratory testing.

Methods: Mycobacteria were isolated from pulmonary and extrapulmonary specimens and identified through phenotyping and molecular methods (polymerase chain reaction-restriction enzyme analysis).

Results: We isolated 317 nontuberculous mycobacterium strains: Mycobacterium avium complex, 182 (57.