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Isolation of Mycobacterium Avium Complex and M. Simiae from Blood of AIDS Patients from Sevagram, Maharastra.
Pratibha Narang, Rahul Narang, Deepak Kumar Mendiratta, Devashis Roy,
Vijayshree Deotale, M. A. Yakrus, Toney Sean and Kale Varsha.
Indian J Tuberc 2005; 52:21-26.
SUMMARY
Background and Methodolgy
Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) has not been reported as an opportunistic
pathogen among patients with AIDS in the Indian subcontinent. Blood samples were cultured for mycobacteria using
BACTEC 460TB system from 71 HIV seropositive and 33 seronegative patients, tested at Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences, Sevagam between August 2001 and December 2002.
Results
MAC and M. simiae were isolated from three patients each. All the six patients with mycobacteremia were
AIDS cases. Clinically, none of them was diagnosed as a case of mycobacteremia. However, laboratory results confirmed the dissemination of MAC and M. simiae among these patients.
Conclusion
These results confirm that disseminated MAC and M. simiae disease exist among AIDS patients in India also.
