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A case-control study on the risk factors associated with the occurrence of non-tuberculous mycobacteria pulmonary disease in bronchiectasis patients
ObjectiveThe objective of this study is to analyze the risk factors associated with bronchiectasis combined with non-tuberculous mycobacteria...
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Treatable traits and challenges in the clinical management of non-tuberculous mycobacteria lung disease in people with cystic fibrosis
IntroductionOver the last ten years an increasing prevalence and incidence of non-tuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) has been reported among patients...
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Species identification and drug susceptibility testing of non-tuberculous mycobacteria by Line Probe Assay in Lambaréné, Gabon—a cross-sectional study
BackgroundNon-tuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) are a group of bacteria that cause rare lung infections and are increasingly recognized as causative...
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Non-tuberculous mycobacteria lung disease due to Mycobacterium chimaera in a 67-year-old man treated with immune checkpoint inhibitors for lung adenocarcinoma: infection due to dysregulated immunity?
Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) are drugs growingly employed in cancer immunotherapy which have significantly improved the prognosis of several...
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Clinical Pharmacokinetic and Pharmacodynamic Considerations in the Drug Treatment of Non-Tuberculous Mycobacteria in Cystic Fibrosis
Non-tuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) are an emerging group of pulmonary infectious pathogens of increasing importance to the management of patients...
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Drugs for treating infections caused by non-tubercular mycobacteria: a narrative review from the study group on mycobacteria of the Italian Society of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine
BackgroundNon-tuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) are generally free-living organism, widely distributed in the environment, with sporadic potential to...
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Thoracic empyema due to nontuberculous mycobacteria in an immunocompetent patient without pulmonary disease: a case report
BackgroundPleural involvement by non-tuberculous mycobacteria (NTM), especially NTM empyema in the immunocompetent patient without pulmonary diseases...
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Comparison of treatment modalities for non-tuberculous mycobacterial cervicofacial lymphadenitis in children
PurposeWe aim to compare the different treatment modalities of non-tuberculous cervicofacial lymphadenitis in children, by means of a retrospective...
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The additional value of 18F-FDG PET/CT imaging in guiding the treatment strategy of non-tuberculous mycobacterial patients
ObjectivesNon-tuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) infection is an increasing health problem due to delaying an effective treatment. However, there are few...
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The successful treatment of microscopic polyangiitis associated with non-tuberculous mycobacterial-pulmonary disease
While the incidence and prevalence of non-tuberculous mycobacterial-pulmonary disease (NTM-PD) are increasing and microscopic polyangiitis (MPA) is...
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Isolation of non-tuberculous mycobacteria among tuberculosis patients, a study from a tertiary care hospital in Lahore, Pakistan
BackgroundThere is scarce knowledge on the prevalence of diseases caused by non-tuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) in Pakistan. In the absence of culture...
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Disseminated non-tuberculous mycobacterial infection caused by Mycobacterium obuense in an immunocompromised patient: a case report
BackgroundMycobacterium obuense (M. obuense ) is a rapidly growing mycobacterium (RGM) which has been considered nonpathogenic. Here, we report a...
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Surgical site infections by atypical mycobacteria: prevalence and species characterization using MALDI-TOF and molecular LCD chip array
BackgroundSurgical site infection (SSI) is a post-operative complication of high concern with adverse impact on patient prognosis and public health...
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Diagnostic performance of metagenomic next-generation sequencing in non-tuberculous mycobacterial pulmonary disease when applied to clinical practice
ObjectiveTo compare non-tuberculous mycobacterial pulmonary disease (NTMPD) diagnosis by metagenomic next-generation sequencing (mNGS) with Bactec...
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The value of multimodal ultrasonography in differential diagnosis of tuberculous and non-tuberculous superficial lymphadenitis
BackgroundTo investigate the value of multimodal ultrasonography in differentiating tuberculosis from other lymphadenopathy.
MethodsSixty...
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Radiologic Characteristics of Non-tuberculous Mycobacteria Infection in Patients with Bronchiectasis
IntroductionNon-tuberculous mycobacteria pulmonary disease (NTM-pd) commonly complicates bronchiectasis. However, clinical and radiological features...
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Extracellular vesicles from serum samples of mycobacteria patients induced cell death of THP-1 monocyte and PBMC
BackgroundExtracellular vesicles (EVs) play a key role in cell communication and the pathogenesis of some diseases. EVs may accelerate cell death...
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Non-tuberculous mycobacterial pulmonary diseases in France: an 8 years nationwide study
BackgroundThe objective of the study was to describe the epidemiology, management and cost of non-tuberculous mycobacteria pulmonary disease (NTM-PD)...
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Mycobacterium Wolinskyi: A New Non-Tuberculous Mycobacterium Associated with Cardiovascular Infections?
Mycobacterium wolinskyi is a rapid-growth non-tuberculous mycobacterium. Twenty-one cases of M. wolinskyi infection have been described so far, more...