Dear Editors, Atypical mycobacterial infection of peritoneal catheter (PC) exit site is occasionally seen, especially in warm and humid localities. Secondary atypical mycobacterial infection may also arise after removal of PC and should be suspected in cases of non-healing wound infection despite appropriate treatment of primary bacterial exit site infection (ESI) and after prolonged antibiotic...

Background: Rapid growths in health care technology have given the surgeon power of not only treating diseases surgically but also limiting surgical invasiveness. Methods: It is an institution based non-randomized, prospective, analytical study at Burdwan Medical College and Hospital. Results: As far as our concerned all hospitals from where patients came were using “activated di-aldehyde” solu...

Methyl-L-DOPA, an antihypertensive agent, has significant in vitro activity against a variety of atypical mycobacteria such as the Mycobacterium avium complex, M. scrofulaceum, M. xenopi and M. marinum, and rare pathogens like M. fortuitum. In the present investigation, the screening of the in vitro activity was further extended by testing the in vitro activity against a total of 53 different s...

Most cases of mycobacterial lymphadenitis in children are caused by non-tuberculous mycobacteria, previously called the atypical mycobacteria. It is important to differentiate non-tuberculous mycobacterial lymphadenitis from tuberculous lymphadenitis as the treatment is different. We reviewed 19 children (12 girls and seven boys) with non-tuberculous mycobacterial lymphadenitis to define likely...

Mycobacterial lung disease is caused by nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM), also known as atypical mycobacteria. NTM are widely distributed in the environment, particularly in soil and water. Although generally of low pathogenicity to humans, NTM can affect patients with underlying chronic lung diseases, such as cystic fibrosis, bronchiectasis, pneumoconiosis, or healed tuberculosis. Some patien...

Emerging Infectious Diseases • www.cdc.gov/eid • Vol. 13, No. 9, September 2007 1429 niazid chemoprophylaxis due to resistance of the infecting organism. Decreased susceptibility to isoniazid among M. kansasii isolates is common (7,8), and this microorganism is naturally resistant to pyrazinamide (9). This pattern of resistance is a serious obstacle for the use of these drugs in monotherapy or ...