Nontuberculous Mycobacteria: Epidemiologic, Mycobacteriologic, and Clinical Aspects

1Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, University of Illinois, Chicago, USA 2Department of Mycobacteriology, National Research Center of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran 3Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, University of Emory, Atlanta, GA, USA 4Divisions of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Departments of Laboratory Medicine and Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan 5Department of Health Science, University of Milano-Bicocca, San Gerardo Hospital, Via Pergolesi 33, 20900 Monza, Italy