Bloodstream infections with rapidly growing nontuberculous mycobacteria.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Bloodstream infections (BSI) with rapidly growing mycobacteria (RGM) resulted in recent nosocomial outbreaks predominantly in immunocompromised patients. A little is known about the clinical implications of RGM BSI with different species.

Methods

We conducted a multicenter retrospective cohort study of patients with RGM BSI from November 2011 to December 2020. Demographic data, clinical presentation, laboratory and radiographic findings and microbiological characteristics were used to tabulate descriptive statistics. We performed a comparative analysis of patients with BSI due to Mycobacterium abscessus complex (MABC) vs. other RGM.

Results

We identified 32 patients with positive blood cultures for RGM, 4/32 (12.5%) were considered to have unclear si

SUBMITTER: Comba IY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8609139 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature