Extracellular vesicles from serum samples of mycobacteria patients induced cell death of THP-1 monocyte and PBMC

BMC Pulmonary Medicine

Table 1 Clinical characteristics of patients with mycobacterial infection

Type of bacteria	Age of patient	Gender	Cough, sputum and fever	HIV, malignancy or other infectious diseases	Diabetes mellitus	Hemoptysis	Smoking	Method of diagnosis
Mycobacterium avium	64	Male	Positive	Negative	Negative	No	No	Culture, AFB smear, RFLP PCR
Mycobacterium abscessus	53	Female	Positive	Negative	Negative	No	No	Culture, AFB smear, RFLP PCR
Mycobacterium kansasi	51	Male	Positive	Negative	Negative	No	No	Culture, AFB smear, RFLP PCR
Mycobacterium chelonae	32	Female	Positive	Negative	Negative	No	Yes	Culture, AFB smear, RFLP PCR
Mycobacterium simiae	83	Male	Positive	Negative	Negative	No	No	Culture, AFB smear, RFLP PCR
Mycobacterium tuberculosis	51	Male	Positive	Negative	Negative	No	Yes	Culture, AFB smear, RFLP PCR

Italics indicate Non-tuberculous mycobacterium (NTM) species and Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb)

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