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mycobacterial infections in patients with HIV
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
- Mycobacterium tuberculosis &
- Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC)
- regimen includes 5 antibiotics
- isoniazid
- rifampin
- pyrazinamide
- ethambutol*
- clarithromycin*
* Coverage for Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC).
General
complications in patients with HIV1 infection
mycobacterial infection
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
PMID: 19934764
http://tinyurl.com/yfx8geb