… Kasperbauer, MD … Kasperbauer … Therefore, frequent sputum sampling (every 1–2
months) needs to occur to document when a patient’s sputum culture converts to negative. …

Opinion statement Treatment of non-tuberculous mycobacterial lung disease (NTM-LD) is
challenging for several reasons including the relative resistance of NTM to currently available …

Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) consists of nontuberculous mycobacteria that cause
disease in immunocompromised and immunocompetent hosts. The organisms are ubiquitous …

… TABLE 2 MIC 50 s and MIC 90 s for 55 M. abscessus clinical strains of ceftaroline, imipenem…
and ceftaroline fosamil were 0.95 ± 0.09 s −1 and 4.7 ± 0.5 s −1 , respectively. K m values …

We are in the midst of a global outbreak of Mycobacterium chimaera infections related to a
point source contamination of a widely used surgical device, the 3T heater–cooler unit. More …

Diagnosis of Mycobacterium avium complex pulmonary disease (MAC-PD) can be difficult.
A previous study from Japan reported the usefulness of a serodiagnostic test for MAC-PD. …

… All patients had tissue specimens taken for culture during their procedure(s) at UCH. Eight
patients had microbiologic diagnoses of NTM infection before transfer to UCH, and 6 of these …

This article reviews the epidemiology and impact of nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM)-related
pulmonary disease (NTM-PD). Although the epidemiology of mycobacterium …

Extrapulmonary disease occurs in a minority of nontuberculous mycobacterial (NTM) infections.
The pattern of disease tends to be multifocal in immunocompromised individuals and …

Purpose Mycobacterium abscessus disease is one of the most difficult mycobacterial infections
to cure, as the bacterium is highly resistant to conventional antibiotics. The purpose of …