Of tuberculosis and non-tuberculous mycobacterial infections – a comparative analysis of epidemiology, diagnosis and treatment

Of tuberculosis and non-tuberculous mycobacterial infections – a comparative analysis of epidemiology, diagnosis and treatment

Abstract Pulmonary diseases due to mycobacteria cause significant morbidity and mortality to human health. In addition to tuberculosis (TB), caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb), recent epidemiological studies have shown the emergence of non-tuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) species in causing lu...

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Main Authors: Radha Gopalaswamy, Sivakumar Shanmugam, Rajesh Mondal, Selvakumar Subbian
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-06-01
Series:Journal of Biomedical Science
Subjects:
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Non-tuberculous mycobacteria
Lung disease
Molecular diagnosis
Drug sensitivity test
Antitubercular drugs
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12929-020-00667-6

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