Long-Term Outcomes in a Population-based Cohort with Respiratory Nontuberculous Mycobacteria Isolation

Rationale: The natural history of nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) respiratory infection in the general population is poorly understood.Objectives: To describe the long-term clinical, microbiologic, and radiographic outcomes of patients with respiratory NTM isolates.Methods: We previously identified a population-based cohort of patients with respiratory NTM isolation during 2005–2006 and categorized patients as cases or noncases using the...