P25 15 year retrospective study of non-tuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) isolates

Infections due to non-tuberculous mycobacteria (NTM).

The membership list of genus mycobacterium is ever expanding and it has grown to 95 in year 2003. While leprosy and tuberculosis are specific diseases caused by mycobacteria, other members are usually saprophytes but can be opportunistic and at times deadly pathogens. These other mycobacteria are referred to as atypical mycobacteria, non-tuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) or mycobacteria other than...

Comparing the Non-Cystic Fibrosis Bronchiectasis Patients with Non-Tuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) and Non-NTM Infections

The Epidemiology of Non-tuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) from Non-pulmonary Sites over 4 Years in Nebraska

Non-tuberculous mycobacteria: a retrospective review of Scottish isolates from 2000 to 2010.

There is growing recognition of the clinical importance of non-tuberculous mycobacteria (NTM), a group of versatile opportunistic bacterial pathogens. We describe the characteristics of NTM isolates in Scotland over an 11-year period using data held by the Scottish Mycobacteria Reference Laboratory. American Thoracic Society microbiological criteria were used to evaluate the clinical significan...

Isolation of non-tuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) from pastoral ecosystems of Uganda: Public Health significance