Nontuberculosis Mycobacteria

Guide Updated for Diagnosis and Treatment of NTM

Published in TB and Outbreaks Week, September 15th, 1997

In the August 1997 American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, an ad hoc committee of the American Thoracic Society (ATS) Scientific Assembly on Microbiology, Tuberculosis, and Pulmonary Infections published an updated statement designed as a basic guide for professionals involved in the diagnosis and management of disease caused by non-tuberculosis mycobacteria.

Nontuberculosis mycobacteria (NTM) are a type of bacteria, often slow growing, that require oxygen to survive, have slightly curved or straight rods, come from an environmental host, and cause lung disease. For many patients, water is the likely source of infection.

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