Biomaterial Database

Epidemiology of disease caused by nontuberculous mycobacteria. 1996

C R Horsburgh

Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta GA 30303, USA.

The clinically important nontuberculous mycobacteria include M. kansasii, M. genavense, M. marinum, M. simiae, M. scrofulaceum and M. szulgai, M. avium, M. haemophilum, M. intracellulare, M. malmoense, M. ulcerans, and M. xenopi, M. abscessus, M. chelonae, M. fortuitum, and (rarely) M. smegmatis. Four clinical syndromes account for nearly all cases: pulmonary disease, lymphadenitis, skin or soft tissue disease, and disseminated disease in AIDS. M. avium and M. intracellulare (known together as M. avium complex), are the most common causes of pulmonary disease, lymphadenitis, and disseminated disease. All four clinical syndromes seem to be increasing in frequency, particularly in immunosuppressed hosts. Nontuberculous mycobacteria are acquired from the environment, but specific reservoirs of these organisms leading to human disease have not been defined.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D009161	Mycobacterium	A genus of gram-positive, aerobic bacteria. Most species are free-living in soil and water, but the major habitat for some is the diseased tissue of warm-blooded hosts.	Mycobacteria
D009164	Mycobacterium Infections	Infections with bacteria of the genus MYCOBACTERIUM.	Infections, Mycobacterium,Infection, Mycobacterium,Mycobacterium Infection
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D012307	Risk Factors	An aspect of personal behavior or lifestyle, environmental exposure, inborn or inherited characteristic, which, based on epidemiological evidence, is known to be associated with a health-related condition considered important to prevent.	Health Correlates,Risk Factor Scores,Risk Scores,Social Risk Factors,Population at Risk,Populations at Risk,Correlates, Health,Factor, Risk,Factor, Social Risk,Factors, Social Risk,Risk Factor,Risk Factor Score,Risk Factor, Social,Risk Factors, Social,Risk Score,Score, Risk,Score, Risk Factor,Social Risk Factor
D014481	United States	A country in NORTH AMERICA between CANADA and MEXICO.
D015994	Incidence	The number of new cases of a given disease during a given period in a specified population. It also is used for the rate at which new events occur in a defined population. It is differentiated from PREVALENCE, which refers to all cases in the population at a given time.	Attack Rate,Cumulative Incidence,Incidence Proportion,Incidence Rate,Person-time Rate,Secondary Attack Rate,Attack Rate, Secondary,Attack Rates,Cumulative Incidences,Incidence Proportions,Incidence Rates,Incidence, Cumulative,Incidences,Person time Rate,Person-time Rates,Proportion, Incidence,Rate, Attack,Rate, Incidence,Rate, Person-time,Rate, Secondary Attack,Secondary Attack Rates