Epidemiological aspects of mycobacteriosis as a nosocomial infection


DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.18565/epidem.2025.15.1.84-89

Amirova T.Kh., Fazylov V.Kh., Petrov I.V., Petrova F.S.

1) Mari State University, Yoshkar-Ola, Russia; 2) Kazan State Medical Academy – Branch of the Russian Medical Academy of Continuous Professional Education, Kazan, Russia; 3) Republican Center for the Prevention and Control of AIDS and Infectious Diseases, Ministry of Health of the Republic of Tatarstan, Kazan, Russia; 4) Republican Anti-Tuberculosis Dispensary, Yoshkar-Ola, Russia
Today, epidemiological surveillance of healthcare-associated infections (HAI) is one of the most complex interdisciplinary areas in epidemiology, combining knowledge from various applied medical disciplines and basic specialties.
The review summarizes information on non-tuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) based on outbreak incidence in healthcare organizations, taking into account the degree of reliability of the results obtained, their epidemiological justification and compliance with the criteria of evidence-based medicine. Based on data from domestic and foreign literature, the results of epidemiological studies devoted to mycobacteriosis and NTM as HAI and contaminating microflora of the hospital environment, respectively, it is concluded that the main source of NTM in healthcare organizations is water, especially circulating in closed systems of medical equipment and increasing the risk of nosocomial infection.

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About the Autors


Tanzila Kh. Amirova, Cand. Med. Sci., Associate Professor, Department of Fundamental Medicine, Mari State University, Yoshkar-Ola, Russia; tanzilya.amirova.85@mail.ru; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0666-7418
Professor Vildan Kh. Fazylov, МD, Professor, Department of Internal Medicine № 2, Mari State University, Yoshkar-Ola; Рrofessor, Department of Infectious Diseases, Kazan State Medical Academy – Вranch of the Russian Medical Academy of Continuous Professional Education; Infectiologist, Infectious Disease Specialist of the Highest Category, Republican Center for the Prevention and Control of AIDS and Infectious Diseases, Ministry of Health of the Republic of Tatarstan, Kazan, Russia; fazylov47@inbox.ru; https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4333-6316
Ilya V. Petrov, Candi. Med. Sci., Associate Professor, Associate Professor, Department of Fundamental Medicine, Mari State University, Yoshkar-Ola, Russia; ilia.v.petrov@gmail.com; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2097-5679
Firuza S. Petrova, Senior Lecturer, Department of Fundamental Medicine, Mari State University; Bacteriologist, Bacteriological Laboratory, Republican Anti-Tuberculosis Dispensary, Yoshkar-Ola, Russia; firka_khusnullina@mail.ru; https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3721-5649


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