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Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease ›› 2021, Vol. 2 ›› Issue (3): 223-227.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.2096-8493.20210054

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Clinical characteristics and drug resistance of 84 patients with non-tuberculous mycobacterium pulmonary disease

WANG Yi, LU Jing, LI Su-mei, ZHU Xue-feng, ZENG Ling-wu()   

  1. Second Ward of Pulmonary Department,the Fifth People’s Hospital of Suzhou, Suzhou 215131, China
  • Received:2021-06-10 Online:2021-09-30 Published:2021-09-24
  • Contact: ZENG Ling-wu E-mail:1571822793@qq.com

Abstract:

Objective To analyze the clinical characteristics, strain distribution and drug resistance to common anti-tuberculosis drugs in patients with non-tuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) lung disease. Methods The clinical data of 84 patients with NTM lung disease (NTM group) and 84 patients with pulmonary tuberculosis (pulmonary tuberculosis group) diagnosed in Suzhou Fifth People’s Hospital from January 2016 to January 2021 were collected by retrospective analysis according to the inclusion criteria, and the differences between the two groups in previous medical history, clinical symptoms and imaging manifestations at the initial stage of admission were analyzed. The identification results of NTM isolates and the drug resistance of each strain to isoniazid, streptomycin, p-aminosalicylic acid, amikacin, levofloxacin, rifampicin, ethambutol and isonicotinamide were recorded. Results The patients in NTM group had chronic respiratory diseases (22.6% (19/84)), fever (27.4% (23/84)), cough (95.2% (80/84)), hemoptysis (29.8% (25/84)), chest tightness (40.5% (34/84)), with pulmonary cavity (38.1% (32/84)) and bronchiectasis (45.2% (38/84)) and negative γ-interferon release test (77.4% (65/84)) were significantly higher than those of tuberculosis group (2.4% (2/84), 3.6% (3/84), 57.1% (48/84), 9.5% (8/84), 15.5% (13/84), 21.4% (18/84), 7.1% (6/84), 2.4% (2/84)), the differences were statistically significant (χ2=15.728,P<0.001;χ2=18.202,P<0.001;χ2=38.403,P<0.001;χ2=10.898,P=0.001;χ2=13.028,P<0.001;χ2=5.581,P=0.018;χ2=31.531,P<0.001;χ2=98.536,P<0.001).The top three strains of 84 NTM isolates were Mycobacterium intracellular (58 strains, 69.0%), Mycobacterium Kansas (15 strains, 17.9%) and M.chelonicus/abscess (6 strains, 7.1%). According to the results of drug sensitivity test, in this study, the resistance rates of 84 patients with NTM to 8 anti-tuberculosis drugs were INH (84 strains, 100.0%)>Sm (83 strains, 98.8%)>PAS (82 strains, 97.6%)>Am(77 strains, 91.7%)>Lfx=RFP (69 strains, 82.1%)>EMB (22 strains, 26.2%)>Pto (13 strains, 15.5%). Conclusion NTM-PD is common in elderly patients with respiratory diseases, negative γ-interferon release test can distinguish NTM lung disease from pulmonary tuberculosis early and timely. It has a high resistance rate to commonly used anti-tuberculosis drugs and is accompanied by great treatment difficulty. Early diagnosis and active drug sensitivity testing are of great importance.

Key words: Mycobacteria,atypica, Mycobacterial tuberculous, Disease attributes, Bacterial typing techniques, Microbial sensitivity tests