Mycobacterial infections in otolaryngology. Review

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Rocío Quinteros D.
Valentín López F.
Daniela Gutiérrez C.
Felipe Cardemil M.

Keywords

Mycobacterium, infections, otolaryngology

Abstract

Mycobacteriums are a group of aerobic non-capsuled and non-mobile bacillus some of which can cause diseases in mammals such as tuberculosis and leprosy. Chile, despite belonging to the group of countries with low prevalence of tuberculosis in America, pre- sented a slowing in the decline in incidence curve. At the same time there has been an in­crease in atypical mycobacterium in pulmonary and extrapulmonary samples, comparedto past decades. On the other hand infections by mycobacterium become important because the head and neck tuberculosis accounts for about 10%-35% of cases of tuberculosis, the most common site being the lymph nodes. The following review will cover mycobacterial infections in otolaryngology clinical manifestations, diagnosis and treatment.


 

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