Pulmonary non-tuberculous mycobacterial infections [Review article. 2010: The Year of the Lung. Series editor: John F. Murray]

• Published in: The international journal of tuberculosis and lung disease Vol. 14; no. 6; pp. 665 - 671
• Main Authors: DALEY, C. L, GRIFFITH, D. E
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Paris, France IUATLD 01.06.2010; International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
• Subjects: Bacterial diseases; Biological and medical sciences; Diagnosis, Differential; Global Health; Human bacterial diseases; Humans; Incidence; Infectious diseases; Lung Diseases - diagnosis; Lung Diseases - epidemiology; Lung Diseases - microbiology; Medical sciences; Mycobacterium; Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous - diagnosis; Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous - epidemiology; Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous - microbiology; Nontuberculous Mycobacteria - isolation & purification; Pneumology; Prevalence; Respiratory system : syndromes and miscellaneous diseases; Tuberculosis and atypical mycobacterial infections; Infection; Tuberculosis; Respiratory disease; Lung; Bacteriosis; Mycobacterial infection; Pneumology

NON-TUBERCULOUS mycobacteria (NTM) represent a broad array of organisms that have been isolated from soil and water, and exposure to these reservoirs is thought to be the source of human infection. The past decade has seen not only a remarkable expansion of new NTM species, primarily because of the...