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Clinical and microbiological characteristics of urine culture-confirmed genitourinary tuberculosis at medical centers in Taiwan from 1995 to 2007
Journal
European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
Journal Volume
30
Journal Issue
3
Pages
319-326
Date Issued
2011
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Abstract
All patients with urine culture-confirmed genitourinary tuberculosis (GUTB) diagnosed between 1995 and 2007 at two medical centers in northern Taiwan were included in this retrospective study. Genotypes of 48 preserved Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) isolates from these patients were determined by spoligotyping and double repetitive element PCR (DRE-PCR) analysis. Among the 64 patients, 38 (59.4%) were male with a mean ±SD age of 60.3 ± 16.1 years old. The overall mortality rate was 26.2%. Poor prognostic factors included age over 65 years (HR = 4.03; 95%; CI: 1.27-12.76), cardiovascular disease (HR = 5.96; 95% CI: 1.98-17.92), receiving steroids (HR = 10.16; 95% CI: 2.27-45.47), not being treated (HR 4.81; 95% CI 1.12-20.67). Spoligotyping and DRE-PCR of the 48 MTB isolates revealed that 20 (41.7%) belonged to the Beijing family and 40 (83.3%) had a clustering pattern. Identification of a Beijing family isolate was not correlated with drug resistance or mortality. Clustering strains were likely to be resistant to isoniazid (OR = 4.71; 95% CI: 1.10 to 23.53). In this study of patients with urine culture-confirmed GUTB, age and coexisting diseases were independently associated with an unfavorable outcome. The Beijing family was the dominant genotype of GUTB isolates, but did not correlate with drug resistance or outcome. ? 2010 Springer-Verlag.
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aminosalicylic acid; ethambutol; ethionamide; isoniazid; ofloxacin; rifabutin; rifampicin; steroid; streptomycin; tuberculostatic agent; adult; age; aged; antibiotic resistance; antibiotic sensitivity; article; bacterium identification; bacterium isolate; cardiovascular disease; clinical feature; cluster analysis; comorbidity; female; genotype; human; major clinical study; male; mortality; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; nonhuman; priority journal; prognosis; retrospective study; Taiwan; treatment outcome; urine culture; urogenital tuberculosis; Aged; Antitubercular Agents; Bacterial Typing Techniques; Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial; Female; Genotype; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; Polymerase Chain Reaction; Prognosis; Retrospective Studies; Taiwan; Treatment Outcome; Tuberculosis, Urogenital; Urine
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journal article