Highlight on advances in nontuberculous mycobacterial disease in North America.

Abstract:

:Nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) are ubiquitous in the environment and exist as an important cause of pulmonary infections in humans. Pulmonary involvement is the most common disease manifestation of NTM and the incidence of NTM is growing in North America. Susceptibility to NTM infection is incompletely understood; therefore preventative tools are not well defined. Treatment of pulmonary nontuberculous mycobacterial (NTM) infection is difficult and entails multiple antibiotics and an extended treatment course. Also, there is a considerable variation in treatment management that should be considered before initiating treatment. We highlight the new findings in the epidemiology diagnosis and treatment of mycobacterial infections. We debate new advances regarding NTM infection in cystic fibrosis patients and solid organ transplant recipients. Finally, we introduce a new epidemiologic model for NTM disease based on virulence-exposure-host factors.

journal_name

Biomed Res Int

authors

Mirsaeidi M,Farshidpour M,Allen MB,Ebrahimi G,Falkinham JO

doi

10.1155/2014/919474

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2014-01-01 00:00:00

pages

919474

eissn

2314-6133

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2314-6141

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2014

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