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Title: | Incidence and molecular typing of Mycobacterium kansasii in a defined geographical area in Catalonia, Spain |
Author: | Santín Cerezales, Miguel Alcaide Fernández de Vega, Fernando Benítez, M.A. Salazar Soler, Alberto Ardanuy Tisaire, María Carmen Podzamczer Palter, Daniel Rufí, G. Dorca i Sargatal, Jordi Martín, Rogelio Gudiol i Munté, Francesc |
Keywords: | Micobacteris Infeccions per VIH Epidemiologia Catalunya Mycobacteria HIV infections Epidemiology Catalonia |
Issue Date: | 2004 |
Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
Abstract: | A retrospective population-based study was conducted between January 1990 and December 1998 to investigate the incidence of Mycobacterium kansasii disease and the heterogeneity of the isolates in a well-defined geographical area in Catalonia, Spain. A total of 136 patients were identified. Overall incidence and incidence in AIDS patients was 1. 5 (95% CI 1.2-1.8) and 1089.6 (95% CI 689-1330) cases/100 000 persons per year respectively, which is comparable to that reported from most of other geographical areas. Surprisingly, although 7 subtypes of M. kansasii have been consistently reported, in the present study 91 of the 93 isolates (97.8%) tested for genotype were subtype I, regardless of HIV status of the patients. In conclusion, the high rate of infection observed in the AIDS population contributes significantly to the burden of the M. kansasii disease in our area. M. kansasii disease in our geographical area was almost exclusively caused by subtype I regardless of HIV status. |
Note: | Reproducció del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.1017/S095026880300150X |
It is part of: | Epidemiology and Infection, 2004, vol. 132, num. 3, p. 425-432 |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2445/187108 |
Related resource: | https://doi.org/10.1017/S095026880300150X |
ISSN: | 0950-2688 |
Appears in Collections: | Articles publicats en revistes (Patologia i Terapèutica Experimental) |
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