Association of low fat mass with nontuberculous mycobacterial infection in patients with bronchiectasis

• Published in: Medicine (Baltimore) Vol. 100; no. 14; p. e25193
• Main Authors: Lim, Sung Yoon, Lee, Yeon Joo, Park, Jong Sun, Cho, Young-Jae, Yoon, Ho Il, Lee, Choon-Taek, Lee, Jae Ho
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 09.04.2021
• Subjects: Adult; Aged; Body Composition; Body Mass Index; Bronchiectasis - complications; Bronchiectasis - diagnostic imaging; Bronchiectasis - pathology; Case-Control Studies; Female; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous - complications; Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous - microbiology; Observational Study; Retrospective Studies; Risk Factors

The incidence of pulmonary nontuberculous mycobacterial (NTM) infection is high in patients with underlying lung disease such as bronchiectasis. Although previous studies have reported many risk factors contributing to the development of NTM-lung disease (LD), only a few reports on the relationship...