High mortality in peritonitis due to Mycobacterium avium complex : retrospective study and systematic literature review

BACKGROUND: Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) infection is often disseminated and mainly involves lymph nodes, spleen, liver or bone marrow. Peritonitis due to MAC infection (PMAC) is a very uncommon manifestation.

METHODS: In this report, after describing the case of the only PMAC infection in our 10-year retrospective study, which occurred in an AIDS patient who was non-adherent to highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART), we performed a systematic literature review of documented bacteriological PMAC.

RESULTS: Including our patient, 51 cases of PMAC have been reported. Patients were most often male (sex ratio 2.14), with a median age of 41 years (2.8-72) and an immunodeficiency in all cases, most often AIDS (57%), cirrhosis (20%) and continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) (18%). Ascites was more often chylous (54%) than exudative (46%) and, in this case, lymphocytic (60%), with an inconstantly positive acid-fast bacilli smear (54%). Non-disseminated PMAC patients were more likely to have peritoneal dialysis (39% versus 6.5%, p < .01) or cancer with immunosuppressive therapy (39% versus 0%, p < .0001), while AIDS was the leading underlying disease in disseminated-PMAC patients (83% versus 11%, p < .001). Mortality was high (50%), with no difference between disseminated and non-disseminated PMAC.

CONCLUSIONS: This report highlights the need to be aware of an atypical presentation of PMAC infection, which is associated with a high rate of mortality even for non-disseminated infection.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2019

Erschienen:

2019

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:51

Enthalten in:

Infectious diseases (London, England) - 51(2019), 2 vom: 01. Feb., Seite 81-90

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Baldolli, Aurélie [VerfasserIn]
Daurel, Claire [VerfasserIn]
Verdon, Renaud [VerfasserIn]
de La Blanchardière, Arnaud [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Ascites
Cirrhosis
Complex
Continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis
HIV infection
Journal Article
Peritonitis
Systematic Review

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Date Completed 09.07.2019

Date Revised 09.07.2019

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1080/23744235.2018.1519639

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM289538262