Pulmonary nontuberculous mycobacterial disease: prospective study of a distinct preexisting syndrome
RD Kim, DE Greenberg, ME Ehrmantraut… - American journal of …, 2008 - atsjournals.org
RD Kim, DE Greenberg, ME Ehrmantraut, SV Guide, L Ding, Y Shea, MR Brown, M Chernick…
American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine, 2008•atsjournals.orgRationale: Pulmonary nontuberculous mycobacterial (PNTM) disease is increasing, but
predisposing features have been elusive. Objectives: To prospectively determine the
morphotype, immunophenotype, and cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator
genotype in a large cohort with PNTM. Methods: We prospectively enrolled 63 patients with
PNTM infection, each of whom had computerized tomography, echocardiogram, pulmonary
function, and flow cytometry of peripheral blood. In vitro cytokine production in response to …
predisposing features have been elusive. Objectives: To prospectively determine the
morphotype, immunophenotype, and cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator
genotype in a large cohort with PNTM. Methods: We prospectively enrolled 63 patients with
PNTM infection, each of whom had computerized tomography, echocardiogram, pulmonary
function, and flow cytometry of peripheral blood. In vitro cytokine production in response to …
Rationale: Pulmonary nontuberculous mycobacterial (PNTM) disease is increasing, but predisposing features have been elusive.
Objectives: To prospectively determine the morphotype, immunophenotype, and cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator genotype in a large cohort with PNTM.
Methods: We prospectively enrolled 63 patients with PNTM infection, each of whom had computerized tomography, echocardiogram, pulmonary function, and flow cytometry of peripheral blood. In vitro cytokine production in response to mitogen, LPS, and cytokines was performed. Anthropometric measurements were compared with National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) age- and ethnicity-matched female control subjects extracted from the NHANES 2001–2002 dataset.
Measurements and Main Results: Patients were 59.9 (±9.8 yr [SD]) old, and 5.4 (±7.9 yr) from diagnosis to enrollment. Patients were 95% female, 91% white, and 68% lifetime nonsmokers. A total of 46 were infected with Mycobacterium avium complex, M. xenopi, or M. kansasii; 17 were infected with rapidly growing mycobacteria. Female patients were significantly taller (164.7 vs. 161.0 cm; P < 0.001) and thinner (body mass index, 21.1 vs. 28.2; P < 0.001) than matched NHANES control subjects, and thinner (body mass index, 21.1 vs. 26.8; P = 0.002) than patients with disseminated nontuberculous mycobacterial infection. A total of 51% of patients had scoliosis, 11% pectus excavatum, and 9% mitral valve prolapse, all significantly more than reference populations. Stimulated cytokine production was similar to that of healthy control subjects, including the IFN-γ/IL-12 pathway. CD4+, CD8+, B, and natural killer cell numbers were normal. A total of 36% of patients had mutations in the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator gene.
Conclusions: Patients with PNTM infection are taller and leaner than control subjects, with high rates of scoliosis, pectus excavatum, mitral valve prolapse, and cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator mutations, but without recognized immune defects.
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