mycobacterial infection
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Etiology
- infection due to Mycobacterium.
- tuberculosis is the classic example.
- immunocompromised patients: cell-mediated immunity is protective
- chronic lung disease
- postoperative complications[1]
Epidemiology
- atypical mycobacterial pulmonary infections are now more common than pulmonary tuberculosis[2]
Pathology
- Mycobacterium avium causes cavitary lung disease[1]
- lung disease, skin & soft tissue infections surgical site infections, adenitis, & intravascular catheter-related infections due to
Laboratory
- identification to species level
- antibiotic sensitivity varies among species[1]
Management
- see more specific infection
- for non-tuberculous mycobacterial infection, determine if the isolate is a pathogen, environmental contaminant, or a colonizer
- only pathogenic infection needs treatment
More general terms
More specific terms
- Buruli ulcer
- leprosy (Hansen's disease)
- mycobacterial infections in patients with HIV
- scrofula
- scrofuloderma
- tuberculosis
Additional terms
- Mendelian susceptibility to mycobacterial disease (MSMD); familial disseminated atypical mycobacterial infection
- Mycobacterium
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Medical Knowledge Self Assessment Program (MKSAP) 15, 19 American College of Physicians, Philadelphia 2009, 2021
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Winthrop KL et al. Pulmonary nontuberculous mycobacterial disease prevalence and clinical features: An emerging public health disease. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2010 Oct 1; 182:977 PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20508209
Prevots DR et al. Nontuberculous mycobacterial lung disease prevalence at four integrated health care delivery systems. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2010 Oct 1; 182:970. PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20538958