mycobacterial infections in patients with HIV
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Etiology
- Mycobacterium tuberculosis
- Mycobacterium avium complex
- Mycobacterium kansasii
- Mycobacterium bovis
- Mycobacterium genovense
- Mycobacterium haemophilium
- Mycobacterium xenopi
- Mycobacterium marinum
- Mycobacterium chelonae
- Mycobacterium fortuitum
Management
- empiric antibiotic therapy includes coverage for
- regimen includes 5 antibiotics
* Coverage for Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC).
More general terms
References
- ↑ Medical Knowledge Self Assessment Program (MKSAP) 11, American College of Physicians, Philadelphia 1998
- ↑ World Health Organization Guidelines for intensified tuberculosis case-finding and isoniazid preventive therapy for people living with HIV in resource-constrained settings http://whqlibdoc.who.int/publications/2011/9789241500708_eng.pdf
- ↑ Mosimaneotsile B et al. Isoniazid tuberculosis preventive therapy in HIV-infected adults accessing antiretroviral therapy: A Botswana experience, 2004-2006. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 2009 Nov 20 <PubMed> PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19934764 <Internet> http://tinyurl.com/yfx8geb