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CLINICS IN CHEST MEDICINE
Volume 36, Issue 1, Pages 43-54Publisher
W B SAUNDERS CO-ELSEVIER INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.ccm.2014.11.005
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Nontuberculous mycobacteria; Pulmonary disease; Microbiology; Diagnosis
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Pulmonary disease is by far the most frequent disease caused by nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM). To diagnose NTM pulmonary disease (NTM-PD), patients should have symptoms and radiologic signs suggestive of NTM-PD, and cultures of multiple respiratory tract samples must grow the same NTM species. Thus, the microbiological laboratory has a central role in the diagnosis of NTM-PD. This review summarizes currently available data on techniques involved in the microbiological diagnosis of NTM-PD, and aims to provide a framework for optimal microbiological diagnosis.
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