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The growing threat of nontuberculous mycobacteria
Author(s) -
Titmarsh Steve
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
prescriber
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.106
H-Index - 3
eISSN - 1931-2253
pISSN - 0959-6682
DOI - 10.1002/psb.1583
Subject(s) - nontuberculous mycobacteria , medicine , pulmonary disease , intensive care medicine , disease , mycobacterium , pathology , tuberculosis
Nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) present a growing threat – a number of species are drug resistant and little is understood about how and where infection with these organisms occurs. A meeting organised by Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, and sponsored by Insmed Inc, was held in London in March to consider the state of the art in diagnosis and treatment of NTM pulmonary disease.