Table I.
Clinical characteristics of patients with positive M. chimaera isolates.
| Concomitant diseases | Number (%) of patients with a given diagnosis | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Men n = 16 |
Women n = 14 |
Total 30 |
|
| COPD | 7 (44) | 1 (7) | 8 (27) |
| Previous tuberculosis | 5 (31) | 1 (7) | 6 (20) |
| Interstitial lung diseasea | 5 (31) | 0 | 5 (17) |
| Cystic fibrosis | 0 | 2 (14) | 2 (7) |
| Post-inflammatory lung fibrosis | 1 (6) | 2 (14) | 3 (10) |
| Bronchiectasis | 1 (6) | 3 (21) | 4 (13) |
| Neoplastic diseaseb | 2 (13) | 0 | 2 (7) |
| Diabetes mellitus | 1 (6) | 1 (7) | 2 (7) |
| Othersc | 0 | 4 (21) | 4 (13) |
| At least 2 diagnoses | 5 (31) | 2 (14) | 7 (23) |
| No concomitant disease | 1 (6) | 1 (7) | 2 (7) |
a – idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (2 pts), sarcoidosis (2), proteinosis (1)
b – mielofibrosis, lung cancer
c – bronchial asthma (1), hypothyreosis (1), mediastinal cyst (1), rheumatoid arthritis (1)