Management of nontuberculous mycobacterial infection in the elderly

European Journal of Internal Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 356-363

  Mirsaeidi, Mehdi ^a   Farshidpour, Maham ^b   Ebrahimi, Golnaz ^a   Aliberti, Stefano ^c   Falkinham III, Joseph O ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^d VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Elderly; Nontuberculous mycobacterium; NTM; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ALPRAZOLAM; ALUMINUM; ANTACID AGENT; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 10A INHIBITOR; CALCIUM; CARBAMAZEPINE; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; CLOZAPINE; CYCLOSPORIN; DABIGATRAN; ETHAMBUTOL; MACROLIDE; MAGNESIUM; MEVINOLIN; MIDAZOLAM; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE; RIFABUTIN; RIFAMPICIN; RIFAMYCIN; RIFAPENTINE; RIVAROXABAN; SIMVASTATIN; THEOPHYLLINE; THROMBIN INHIBITOR; UNINDEXED DRUG; WARFARIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

AGED; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; AROUSAL; ATYPICAL MYCOBACTERIOSIS; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BRONCHIECTASIS; BURNING SENSATION; CASE REPORT; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHRONIC BRONCHITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COUGHING; CRACKLE; DIZZINESS; EMPHYSEMA; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GOLD STANDARD; GROUPS BY AGE; HEART DISEASE; HEART PALPITATION; HEMOPTYSIS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; LABORATORY TEST; LOW DRUG DOSE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MYCOBACTERIUM ABSCESSUS; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM CHELONEI; MYCOBACTERIUM FORTUITUM; MYCOBACTERIUM INTRACELLULARE AVIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM KANSASII; MYCOBACTERIUM MALMOENSE; MYCOBACTERIUM MARINUM; MYCOBACTERIUM SIMIAE; MYCOBACTERIUM SZULGAI; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM XENOPEI; NECK PAIN; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; OXYGEN SATURATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PNEUMONIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; REVIEW; SATIETY; SCOLIOSIS; SIDE EFFECT; SMOKING; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; SPUTUM CULTURE; SYSTOLIC HEART MURMUR; THORAX PAIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VERY ELDERLY; WHEEZING; AGE; ATYPICAL MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS, NONTUBERCULOUS;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; HUMANS; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS, NONTUBERCULOUS; NONTUBERCULOUS MYCOBACTERIA; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 84899979377     PISSN: 09536205     EISSN: 18790828     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejim.2014.03.008     Document Type: Review

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