The prevalence of non-tuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) in The Gambia

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

Non-tuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) in Zambia: prevalence, clinical, radiological and microbiological characteristics

BACKGROUND Non-tuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) infection is an emerging health problem. We present here the Zambia-specific national level data of prevalence, symptomatic, radiological and microbiological characteristics of NTM, using results from a national Tuberculosis (TB) prevalence survey. METHODS This was a cross-sectional study of the prevalence of NTM among adults aged 15 years and abo...

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

Prevalence and distribution of non-tuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) in cattle, African buffaloes (Syncerus caffer) and their environments in South Africa.

It has been hypothesized that a variety of non-tuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) species to which livestock and wildlife species are naturally exposed induce broadly cross-reactive anti-mycobacterial immune responses which interfere with current standard diagnostic assays. Non-tuberculous mycobacteria have also been implicated in Mycobacterium bovis-specific immune responsiveness, hence potentiall...