Intensive care medicine

Presentation (obstetrics)

Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Mycobacterium Infections

Surgery

Mycobacterium

Nontuberculous mycobacteria

Mycobacterium avium complex

Immunology

Tuberculosis

Internal medicine

Medicine

Disease

Mycobacterium kansasii

Pathology

Journal of Clinical Tuberculosis and Other Mycobacterial Diseases

Non-tuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) is a collective name given to a group of more than 190 species of Mycobacterium. The clinical presentation for most NTM infections is non-specific, often resulting in delayed diagnosis. Further complicating matters is that NTM organisms can be difficult to isolate. Medications used to treat NTM infection can be difficult for patients to tolerate, and prolonged courses of anti-mycobacterial therapy are often required for adequate suppression or eradication. Herein, we review different NTM syndromes, appropriate diagnostic tests, and treatment regimens.

Approach to the diagnosis and treatment of non-tuberculous mycobacterial disease