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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Journal of Infection in Developing Countries
2014
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| author | Nguyen, D Nguyen, T Dao, T Nguyen, LT Horby, P Nguyen, K Wertheim, H |
| author_facet | Nguyen, D Nguyen, T Dao, T Nguyen, LT Horby, P Nguyen, K Wertheim, H |
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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 | oxford-uuid:c49128c3-c9e5-40ec-a1f7-3c0031ffda762022-03-27T06:24:19ZOne year experience using mycobacterial blood cultures to diagnose tuberculosis in patients with prolonged fever in Vietnam.Journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:c49128c3-c9e5-40ec-a1f7-3c0031ffda76EnglishSymplectic Elements at OxfordJournal of Infection in Developing Countries2014Nguyen, DNguyen, TDao, TNguyen, LTHorby, PNguyen, KWertheim, HINTRODUCTION: 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. |
| spellingShingle | Nguyen, D Nguyen, T Dao, T Nguyen, LT Horby, P Nguyen, K Wertheim, H 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 |
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