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Title: Microbiological Diagnosis of Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Pulmonary Disease
Author(s): Ingen, J. van
Publication year: 2015
Source: Clinics in Chest Medicine (Online), vol. 36, iss. 1, (2015), pp. 43-54
ISSN: 0272-5231
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ccm.2014.11.005
Publication type: Article / Letter to editor

Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item : https://hdl.handle.net/2066/153386   https://hdl.handle.net/2066/153386

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Subject: Radboudumc 4: lnfectious Diseases and Global Health RIHS: Radboud Institute for Health Sciences
Organization: Medical Microbiology
Journal title:
Clinics in Chest Medicine (Online)
Volume: vol. 36
Issue: iss. 1
Page start: p. 43
Page end: p. 54
Abstract:
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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