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TB spreads by droplet infection from person to person (one active TB patient infects 10–15 others and >10 million new cases/year). Person-person spread of nontuberculos mycobacteria is rare.
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Ghosh, S. (2021). Mycobacterial Infections. In: Handbook of Imaging in Pulmonary Disease. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-68165-4_26
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