Open AccessClinical Presentations of Nontuberculous Mycobacteria as Suspected and Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis
Author(s) -
Sivasankar Das,
Baijayantimala Mishra,
PrasantaRaghab Mohapatra,
Preetam Chappity,
Sutapa Rath
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
international journal of mycobacteriology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.53
H-Index - 20
eISSN - 2212-554X
pISSN - 2212-5531
DOI - 10.4103/ijmy.ijmy_68_22
Subject(s) - nontuberculous mycobacteria , medicine , mycobacterium kansasii , mycobacterium fortuitum , genexpert mtb/rif , tuberculosis , mycobacterium , mycobacterium tuberculosis , mycobacterium abscessus , mycobacterium tuberculosis complex , sputum , immunology , pathology
Nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) are on the rise worldwide. The diagnosis and treatment of NTM disease create a dilemma for physicians as their clinical features often overlap with that of tuberculosis (TB). The present study aims to report a series of NTM infections presenting as suspected TB.
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