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Title: Profiling non-tuberculous mycobacteria in an Asian setting : characteristics and clinical outcomes of hospitalized patients in Singapore
Authors: Chotirmall, Sanjay Haresh
Lim, Albert Y. H.
Fok, Eric T. K.
Verma, Akash
De, Partha P.
Puah, Ser Hon
Goh, Daryl E. L.
Abisheganaden, John A.
Goh, Soon Keng
Keywords: Non-tuberculous Mycobacteria
Bronchiectasis
Issue Date: 2018
Source: Lim, A. Y. H., Chotirmall, S. H., Fok, E. T. K., Verma, A., De, P. P., Goh, S. K., et al. (2018). Profiling non-tuberculous mycobacteria in an Asian setting : characteristics and clinical outcomes of hospitalized patients in Singapore. BMC Pulmonary Medicine, 18(1), 85-.
Series/Report no.: BMC Pulmonary Medicine
Abstract: Background Non-tuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) infection is an increasing problem worldwide. The epidemiology of NTM in most Asian countries is unknown. This study investigated the epidemiology, and clinical profile of inpatients in whom NTM was isolated from various anatomical sites in a Singaporean population attending a major tertiary referral centre. Methods Demographic profile, clinical data, and characteristics of patients hospitalized with NTM isolates at a major tertiary hospital over two-year period were prospectively assessed (2011–2012). Data collected included patient demographics, ethnicity, smoking status, co-morbidities, NTM species, intensive care unit (ICU) treatment, and mortality. Results A total of 485 patients (62.1% male) with 560 hospital admissions were analysed. The median patient age was 70 years. Thirteen different NTM species were isolated from this cohort. Mycobacterium abscessus (M. abscessus) (38.4%) was most frequently isolated followed by Mycobacterium fortuitum (M. fortuitum) (16.6%), Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) (16.3%), Mycobacterium kansasii (M. kansasii) (15.4%), and Mycobacterium gordonae (M. gordonae) (6.8%). Most (91%) NTM was isolated from the respiratory tract. The three most common non-pulmonary sites were; blood (2.7%), skin wounds and abscesses (2.1%), and gastric aspirates (1.1%). A third (34.4%) of the study population had prior pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB). There was a significant association between isolated NTM species, and patient age (p=0.0002). Eleven (2.2%) patients received intensive care unit (ICU) treatment during the study period and all cause mortality within 1 year of the study was 16.9% (n=82). Of these, 72 (87.8%) patients died of pulmonary causes. Conclusions The profile of NTM species in Singapore is unique. M. abscessus is the commonest NTM isolated, with a higher prevalence in males, and in the elderly. High NTM prevalence is associated with high rates of prior PTB in our cohort.
URI: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/84614
http://hdl.handle.net/10220/45115
DOI: 10.1186/s12890-018-0637-1
Schools: Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine (LKCMedicine) 
Organisations: Translational Respiratory Research Laboratory
Rights: © The Author(s). 2018 Open Access This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated.
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