Extract
The disease caused by nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) forms a broad clinical spectrum from asymptomatic infection to fatal disseminated disease in humans. While many NTM patients have underlying pulmonary diseases, NTM symptoms are undifferentiated from symptoms of patients with chronic pulmonary structural diseases [1].
Abstract
Not all CF patients with MAC detected in respiratory samples require anti-mycobacterial treatment http://ow.ly/X66gt
Footnotes
Support statement: M.W. Pletz was supported by a grant from the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF); grant numbers 01KI1204. Funding information for this article has been deposited with FundRef.
Conflict of interest: Disclosures can be found alongside the online version of this article at erj.ersjournals.com
- Received July 28, 2015.
- Accepted December 23, 2015.
- Copyright ©ERS 2016