One year experience using mycobacterial blood cultures to diagnose tuberculosis in patients with prolonged fever in Vietnam
Introduction: To evaluate the use of mycobacterial blood cultures (MBC) in diagnosing tuberculosis (TB) in patients with prolonged fever admitted to a Vietnamese referral hospital. Results: MBCs from 94 patients (66% male; median age 33 years; 75% HIV positive) were evaluated: 14 were mycobacterium...
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| author | Diep NT Nguyen Trung V Nguyen Trinh T Dao Lam T Nguyen Peter Horby Kinh Van Nguyen Heiman FL Wertheim |
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| description | Introduction: To evaluate the use of mycobacterial blood cultures (MBC) in diagnosing tuberculosis (TB) in patients with prolonged fever admitted to a Vietnamese referral hospital.
Results: MBCs from 94 patients (66% male; median age 33 years; 75% HIV positive) were evaluated: 14 were mycobacterium positive (all HIV positive), and MBC was the only positive specimen in 9 cases (41%). Three positive cases were identified as Mycobacterium avium and the remaining M. tuberculosis (one case could not be identified).
Conclusion: MBC can be a valuable additional method to diagnose TB, particularly in immunosuppressed HIV patients when sputum cannot be collected.
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| spelling | doaj-art-7a8d0e85ff0f42439a97acb528965add2025-08-20T02:16:18ZengThe Journal of Infection in Developing CountriesJournal of Infection in Developing Countries1972-26802014-12-0181210.3855/jidc.4895One year experience using mycobacterial blood cultures to diagnose tuberculosis in patients with prolonged fever in VietnamDiep NT Nguyen0Trung V Nguyen1Trinh T Dao2Lam T Nguyen3Peter Horby4Kinh Van Nguyen5Heiman FL Wertheim6Wellcome Trust Major Overseas Program Vietnam, Oxford University Clinical Research Unit (OUCRU), Hanoi, VietnamNational Hospital for Tropical Diseases (NHTD), Hanoi, VietnamNational Hospital for Tropical Diseases (NHTD), Hanoi, VietnamNational Hospital for Tropical Diseases (NHTD), Hanoi, VietnamWellcome Trust Major Overseas Program Vietnam, Oxford University Clinical Research Unit (OUCRU), Hanoi, VietnamNational Hospital for Tropical Diseases (NHTD), Hanoi, VietnamWellcome Trust Major Overseas Program Vietnam, Oxford University Clinical Research Unit (OUCRU), Hanoi, VietnamIntroduction: To evaluate the use of mycobacterial blood cultures (MBC) in diagnosing tuberculosis (TB) in patients with prolonged fever admitted to a Vietnamese referral hospital. Results: MBCs from 94 patients (66% male; median age 33 years; 75% HIV positive) were evaluated: 14 were mycobacterium positive (all HIV positive), and MBC was the only positive specimen in 9 cases (41%). Three positive cases were identified as Mycobacterium avium and the remaining M. tuberculosis (one case could not be identified). Conclusion: MBC can be a valuable additional method to diagnose TB, particularly in immunosuppressed HIV patients when sputum cannot be collected. https://jidc.org/index.php/journal/article/view/4895tuberculosisblood cultureHIV |
| spellingShingle | Diep NT Nguyen Trung V Nguyen Trinh T Dao Lam T Nguyen Peter Horby Kinh Van Nguyen Heiman FL Wertheim One year experience using mycobacterial blood cultures to diagnose tuberculosis in patients with prolonged fever in Vietnam Journal of Infection in Developing Countries tuberculosis blood culture HIV |
| title | One year experience using mycobacterial blood cultures to diagnose tuberculosis in patients with prolonged fever in Vietnam |
| title_full | One year experience using mycobacterial blood cultures to diagnose tuberculosis in patients with prolonged fever in Vietnam |
| title_fullStr | One year experience using mycobacterial blood cultures to diagnose tuberculosis in patients with prolonged fever in Vietnam |
| title_full_unstemmed | One year experience using mycobacterial blood cultures to diagnose tuberculosis in patients with prolonged fever in Vietnam |
| title_short | One year experience using mycobacterial blood cultures to diagnose tuberculosis in patients with prolonged fever in Vietnam |
| title_sort | one year experience using mycobacterial blood cultures to diagnose tuberculosis in patients with prolonged fever in vietnam |
| topic | tuberculosis blood culture HIV |
| url | https://jidc.org/index.php/journal/article/view/4895 |
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