One year experience using mycobacterial blood cultures to diagnose tuberculosis in patients with prolonged fever in Vietnam

INTRODUCTION: To evaluate the use of mycobacterial blood cultures (MBC) in diagnosing tuberculosis (TB) in patients with prolonged fever admitted to a Vietnamese referral hospital. RESULTS: MBCs from 94 patients (66% male; median age 33 years; 75% HIV positive) were evaluated: 14 were mycobacterium...

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Autores principales: Nguyen, Diep NT, Nguyen, Trung V, Dao, Trinh T, Nguyen, Lam T, Horby, Peter, Nguyen, Kinh V, Wertheim, Heiman FL
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7116470/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25500661
http://dx.doi.org/10.3855/jidc.4895
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author Nguyen, Diep NT
Nguyen, Trung V
Dao, Trinh T
Nguyen, Lam T
Horby, Peter
Nguyen, Kinh V
Wertheim, Heiman FL
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description INTRODUCTION: To evaluate the use of mycobacterial blood cultures (MBC) in diagnosing tuberculosis (TB) in patients with prolonged fever admitted to a Vietnamese referral hospital. RESULTS: MBCs from 94 patients (66% male; median age 33 years; 75% HIV positive) were evaluated: 14 were mycobacterium positive (all HIV positive), and MBC was the only positive specimen in 9 cases (41%). Three positive cases were identified as Mycobacterium avium and the remaining M. tuberculosis (one case could not be identified). CONCLUSION: MBC can be a valuable additional method to diagnose TB, particularly in immunosuppressed HIV patients when sputum cannot be collected.
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spelling pubmed-71164702020-12-11 One year experience using mycobacterial blood cultures to diagnose tuberculosis in patients with prolonged fever in Vietnam Nguyen, Diep NT Nguyen, Trung V Dao, Trinh T Nguyen, Lam T Horby, Peter Nguyen, Kinh V Wertheim, Heiman FL J Infect Dev Ctries Article INTRODUCTION: To evaluate the use of mycobacterial blood cultures (MBC) in diagnosing tuberculosis (TB) in patients with prolonged fever admitted to a Vietnamese referral hospital. RESULTS: MBCs from 94 patients (66% male; median age 33 years; 75% HIV positive) were evaluated: 14 were mycobacterium positive (all HIV positive), and MBC was the only positive specimen in 9 cases (41%). Three positive cases were identified as Mycobacterium avium and the remaining M. tuberculosis (one case could not be identified). CONCLUSION: MBC can be a valuable additional method to diagnose TB, particularly in immunosuppressed HIV patients when sputum cannot be collected. 2014-12-15 2014-12-15 /pmc/articles/PMC7116470/ /pubmed/25500661 http://dx.doi.org/10.3855/jidc.4895 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/ This is an open-access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/
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Nguyen, Diep NT
Nguyen, Trung V
Dao, Trinh T
Nguyen, Lam T
Horby, Peter
Nguyen, Kinh V
Wertheim, Heiman FL
One year experience using mycobacterial blood cultures to diagnose tuberculosis in patients with prolonged fever in Vietnam
title One year experience using mycobacterial blood cultures to diagnose tuberculosis in patients with prolonged fever in Vietnam
title_full One year experience using mycobacterial blood cultures to diagnose tuberculosis in patients with prolonged fever in Vietnam
title_fullStr One year experience using mycobacterial blood cultures to diagnose tuberculosis in patients with prolonged fever in Vietnam
title_full_unstemmed One year experience using mycobacterial blood cultures to diagnose tuberculosis in patients with prolonged fever in Vietnam
title_short One year experience using mycobacterial blood cultures to diagnose tuberculosis in patients with prolonged fever in Vietnam
title_sort one year experience using mycobacterial blood cultures to diagnose tuberculosis in patients with prolonged fever in vietnam
topic Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7116470/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25500661
http://dx.doi.org/10.3855/jidc.4895
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