A UK CENTERS EXPERIENCE OF MYCOBACTERIAL INFECTIONS IN HIV-INFECTED PATIENTS

A descriptive retrospective review of 26 patients with mycobacterial i nfection; 7 Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB), 17 Mycobacterium avium c omplex (MAC), one M. xenopei and one M. kansasii. Diagnosis of non-tub erculous mycobacteria (NTM) was made mainly from blood in 68%, with bi opsy material initially useful in 68%. All MTB were fully sensitive. N o patients received MAC chemoprophylaxis, yet resistance to rifabutin, ciprofloxacin and ethambutol was noted. It is important to examine th e UK experience of mycobacterial infection; individual centres may fin d it useful to review infecting organisms and resistance patterns.