Management of pulmonary nontuberculous mycobacterial disease

Nontuberculous mycobacteria are increasingly recognized as causes of chronic pulmonary disease. Treatment decisions are guided by the clinical presentation, microbial isolate, and condition of the patient. Management may include antibiotic therapy, surgical resection, or observation. Definitive tria...

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Autores principales: Horan, Kathleen L, Skerrett, Shawn J
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medicine Reports 2009
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Review Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2948341/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20948678
http://dx.doi.org/10.3410/M1-99
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spelling pubmed-29483412010-10-14 Management of pulmonary nontuberculous mycobacterial disease Horan, Kathleen L Skerrett, Shawn J F1000 Med Rep Review Article Nontuberculous mycobacteria are increasingly recognized as causes of chronic pulmonary disease. Treatment decisions are guided by the clinical presentation, microbial isolate, and condition of the patient. Management may include antibiotic therapy, surgical resection, or observation. Definitive trials are lacking, and optimum management remains uncertain. Medicine Reports 2009-12-15 /pmc/articles/PMC2948341/ /pubmed/20948678 http://dx.doi.org/10.3410/M1-99 Text en © 2009 Medicine Reports Ltd http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/legalcode This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. You may not use this work for commercial purposes
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