Nontuberculous mycobacterial pulmonary disease: an increasing burden with substantial costs

Increased awareness of nontuberculous mycobacterial pulmonary disease (NTM PD) has led to efforts to more fully describe the burden, epidemiological and clinical features, and cost of this condition in different populations globally. Approaches encompass various methodologies including surveillance, population-based studies, analysis of large linked datasets, surveys, laboratory-based convenience samples and combinations of these approaches....