Pulmonary non-tuberculous mycobacteria in colonisation and disease in The Gambia

• Published in: Scientific reports Vol. 12; no. 1; pp. 19523 - 11
• Main Authors: Okoi, Catherine, Anderson, Suzanne T., Mulwa, Sarah, Worwui, Archibald, Antonio, Martin, Gehre, Florian, Adetifa, Ifedayo
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 14.11.2022; Nature Publishing Group; Nature Portfolio
• Subjects: 631/326; 631/326/2521; 631/337; Adult; Bacilli; Colonization; Cross-Sectional Studies; Gambia - epidemiology; Humanities and Social Sciences; Humans; Infectious diseases; Lung diseases; multidisciplinary; Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous - diagnosis; Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous - epidemiology; Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous - microbiology; Nontuberculous Mycobacteria; RNA, Ribosomal, 16S - genetics; rRNA 16S; Science; Science (multidisciplinary); Thorax; Tuberculosis; Tuberculosis, Pulmonary - diagnosis; Tuberculosis, Pulmonary - epidemiology; Tuberculosis, Pulmonary - microbiology; Young Adult; Gambia

The clinical relevance of pulmonary non-tuberculous mycobacteria (PNTM) in The Gambia is unknown. The aim of this study was to estimate the prevalence of non-tuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) in colonisation, and the burden of clinically relevant pulmonary NTM (PNTM) disease in The Gambia. This was a c...