Can physics principles help explain why non-tuberculous mycobacterial lung disease is more severe in the right middle lobe and lingula? | Zendy

Sangbong Choi | Zendy; John C. Richards | Zendy; Edward D. Chan | Zendy

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Can physics principles help explain why non-tuberculous mycobacterial lung disease is more severe in the right middle lobe and lingula?

Author(s) -

Sangbong Choi,

John C. Richards,

Edward D. Chan

Publication year - 2019

Publication title -

journal of thoracic disease

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.682

H-Index - 60

eISSN - 2077-6624

pISSN - 2072-1439

DOI - 10.21037/jtd.2019.10.70

Subject(s) - medicine , lung , lung disease , left lung , tuberculosis , disease , lobe , pathology , radiology

Chronic lung disease due to non-tuberculous mycobacteria (NTM)—most often due to organisms belonging to the Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC)—is increasingly prevalent in the United States and many parts of the world. In the non-cystic fibrosis population, NTM lung disease disproportionately affects middle-aged and elderly individuals, and is often recalcitrant to treatment.

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