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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>0028-3746</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Neumología y cirugía de tórax]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Neumol. cir. torax]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>0028-3746</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Sociedad Mexicana de Neumología y Cirugía de Tórax; Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Respiratorias Ismael Cosío Villegas; Sociedad Cubana de Neumología; Sociedad Paraguaya de Neumología; Sociedad Boliviana de Neumología.]]></publisher-name>
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<article-meta>
<article-id>S0028-37462023000100014</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.35366/114224</article-id>
<title-group>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Diferencias por sexo en enfermedad pulmonar causada por micobacterias diagnosticada en el INER en el período 2016-2018]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Sex-associated differences in pulmonary disease caused by mycobacteria diagnosed at INER from 2016-2018]]></article-title>
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<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
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<surname><![CDATA[Sartillo-Mendoza]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Luis G]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
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<surname><![CDATA[Martínez-Sanabria]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Claudia A]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Becerril-Vargas]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Eduardo]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[González]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Yolanda]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Juárez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Esmeralda]]></given-names>
</name>
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<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aaf"/>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla Facultad de Medicina ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>Mexico</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Respiratorias Ismael Cosío Villegas  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Ciudad de México ]]></addr-line>
<country>Mexico</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>03</month>
<year>2023</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>03</month>
<year>2023</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>82</volume>
<numero>1</numero>
<fpage>14</fpage>
<lpage>20</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S0028-37462023000100014&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S0028-37462023000100014&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S0028-37462023000100014&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen:  Introducción:  la tuberculosis pulmonar afecta con mayor frecuencia y en formas más severas a los hombres. Se desconoce si este fenómeno se replica en la enfermedad pulmonar causada por otras micobacterias.  Objetivo:  identificar si existe predominancia de un sexo en la enfermedad pulmonar causada por Mycobacterium tuberculosis y otras micobacterias.  Material y métodos:  estudio retrospectivo transversal que consistió en realizar la revisión de casos con enfermedad pulmonar en adultos con cultivo positivo para cualquier micobacteria durante los años 2016 a 2018 en el Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Respiratorias Ismael Cosío Villegas de la Ciudad de México. Se incluyeron un total de 553 pacientes.  Resultados:  las principales micobacterias encontradas fueron del complejo Mycobacterium tuberculosis (73.42%), complejo M. avium (16.64%) y otras micobacterias no tuberculosas (9.95%). La mayoría de los casos fueron hombres en general (60.58%) y en los tres grupos, complejo Mycobacterium tuberculosis (56.40%), complejo M. avium (75%) y otras micobacterias no tuberculosas (62.79%). La principal comorbilidad de los hombres fue la infección por el virus de la inmunodeficiencia humana, y en las mujeres fue la diabetes mellitus.  Conclusiones:  los hombres fueron principalmente afectados con infecciones pulmonares causadas por micobacterias, tanto Mycobacterium tuberculosis como por las otras micobacterias no tuberculosas. Este fenómeno sugiere cambios en el manejo clínico y la búsqueda de los determinantes intrínsecos de la susceptibilidad de los hombres.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract:  Introduction:  pulmonary tuberculosis affects men more frequently and severely. Whether this phenomenon occurs similarly for the non-tuberculous mycobacteria remains unknown.  Objective:  we aimed to identify if there is sex predominance in pulmonary diseases caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis and other mycobacteria.  Material and methods:  we performed a retrospective cross-sectional study. We studied cases of pulmonary disease in adults with a positive culture for any mycobacteria during 216-2018 at INER. We included 553 cases.  Results:  the main mycobacteria that we found belonged to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (73.42%), M. avium complex (16.64%), and other non-tuberculous mycobacteria (9.95%). Most cases were men in general (60.58%), and in the three groups, Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (56.40%), M. avium complex (75%), and other non-tuberculous mycobacteria (62.79%). The main comorbidities were HIV infection for men and diabetes mellitus for women.  Conclusions:  men were mainly affected with pulmonary mycobacteriosis, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, and other non-tuberculous mycobacteria. This phenomenon poses changes in clinical approaches and the search for intrinsic determinants of men&#8217;s susceptibility to these infections.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[micobacterias]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[enfermedad pulmonar]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[tuberculosis]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[micobacterias no tuberculosas]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[mycobacteria]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[pulmonary disease]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[tuberculosis]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[non-tuberculous mycobacteria]]></kwd>
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