Open AccessNontuberculous mycobacteria: A report of eighteen cases from a tertiary care center in India
Author(s) -
Nitin Gupta,
Ankit Mittal,
Vettakkara Kandy Muhammed Niyas,
Sayantan Banerjee,
Yogiraj Ray,
Parul Kodan,
Sundeep Malla,
Wasim Khot,
Farhan Fazal,
Binit Kumar Singh,
Pankaj Jorwal,
Neeraj Nischal,
Naveet Wig
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
lung india
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.457
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 0974-598X
pISSN - 0970-2113
DOI - 10.4103/lungindia.lungindia_365_19
Subject(s) - medicine , tertiary care , nontuberculous mycobacteria , center (category theory) , mycobacterium infections , mycobacterium avium complex , family medicine , mycobacterium , tuberculosis , pathology , chemistry , crystallography
Nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) are ubiquitous mycobacteria present in environment and generally affect patients with either structural lung disease or immunosuppression and commonly involve lungs, lymph node, or skin.