Clinical relevance of pulmonary non-tuberculous mycobacterial isolates in three reference centres in Belgium: a multicentre retrospective analysis

Clinical relevance of pulmonary non-tuberculous mycobacterial isolates in three reference centres in Belgium: a multicentre retrospective analysis

Abstract Background/objectives Assessing the clinical relevance of non-tuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) isolated from respiratory samples can be challenging. The epidemiology and pathogenicity of NTM species vary geographically. We aimed to outline the clinical relevance and associated radiological pa...

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Main Authors: Yannick Vande Weygaerde, Nina Cardinaels, Peter Bomans, Taeyang Chin, Jerina Boelens, Emmanuel André, Eva Van Braeckel, Natalie Lorent
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-12-01
Series:BMC Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Non-tuberculous mycobacteria (NTM)
Non-tuberculous mycobacterial pulmonary disease (NTM-PD)
Epidemiology
Radiology
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-019-4683-y

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-019-4683-y

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