Non-tuberculous mycobacterial infections in people with HIV infection

Jeffrey J. Post1,2,3 Department of Infectious Diseases, Prince of Wales Hospital, Sydney, NSW The Albion Centre, Sydney, NSW Prince of Wales Clinical School, University of New South Wales, Sydney NSW Last reviewed: November 2019  Introduction  The most common non-tuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) that infect and cause disease in people with HIV infection are members of the …

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The frequency of other NTM infections in people with HIV infection is lower than infections with MAC. In one retrospective series from Germany over 10 years (2006-2016), there were 87 patients with HIV infection out of a total of 297 (29%) patients with NTM infection.36 Thirty eight per cent of the people with HIV infection …

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