Mice were infected intravenously with 3.5 x 10(7) CFU of Mycobacterium xenopi and treated with various clarithromycin-containing regimens or left untreated for 4 weeks. All nine of the clarithromycin-containing regimens reduced the CFU counts to the levels below the pretreatment values, indicating that these regimens had a bactericidal effect on M. xenopi in mice. The rifampin-isoniazid-ethambutol regimen was significantly less bactericidal than clarithromycin alone or clarithromycin-containing combined regimens.
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Background: Due to its increasing prevalence and suboptimal treatment, non-tuberculous mycobacterial (NTM) infection is an emerging problem in patients with cystic fibrosis (CF). Detailed description of regional NTM prevalence and distribution, and identification of predictors of NTM acquisition in CF are essential to optimise treatment and surveillance guidelines.
Methods: A retrospective, multi-center analysis was conducted between the years 2020 and 2022 on data from 232 adult patients registered in the Hungarian CF Registry in 2022.
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Infectious Diseases, Hospital Garcia de Orta, Lisbon, PRT.
Extra-cavitary primary effusion lymphoma (PEL), often associated with human herpes virus 8 (HHV8) infection, represents a rare and aggressive form of non-Hodgkin lymphoma, which is predominantly found in individuals with severe immunosuppression. As an acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)-associated lymphoma, PEL typically manifests in the context of advanced human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection, requiring tailored therapeutic approaches to manage both the lymphoma and underlying immunodeficiency. A 53-year-old male patient from Cape Verde presented with a three-day history of fever, night sweats, right iliac fossa pain, hematochezia, and an unintentional weight loss of five kilograms over the previous two months.
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December 2024
Laboratoire de Bactériologie, CHU Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France.
Accurate identification of non-tuberculous mycobacterial (NTM) species is crucial for the diagnosis and appropriate management of NTM infections. This study aimed to evaluate the performance of two assays, FluoroType Mycobacteria VER 1.0 and Maldi BioTyper (MBT) Mycobacteria.
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October 2024
Radboud Center for Infectious Diseases, Department of Medical Microbiology, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, the Netherlands.
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Department of Respiratory Medicine, Araba University Hospital, Araba, Spain.
Introduction: The epidemiology of nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) is not well known. In this study, we aimed to determine the incidence of NTM isolates and nontuberculous mycobacterial pulmonary disease (NTM-PD) in five closely located hospitals in an area of northern Spain and analyse differences between them.
Material And Methods: Demographic, microbiological, clinical and radiological data were collected retrospectively from all patients with a NTM isolated from respiratory specimens at five hospitals between 2012 and 2019.
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