Pulmonary disease by non-tuberculous mycobacteria–clinical management, unmet needs and future perspectives

LO Larsson, E Polverino, W Hoefsloot… - Expert review of …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction: The number of patients with pulmonary disease caused by non-tuberculous
mycobacteria (NTM) is increasing globally. Poor resistance against infections, for example …

Looking beyond typical treatments for atypical mycobacteria

CM Bento, MS Gomes, T Silva - Antibiotics, 2020 - mdpi.com
The genus Mycobacterium comprises not only the deadliest of bacterial pathogens,
Mycobacterium tuberculosis, but several other pathogenic species, including M. avium and …

Screening of TB actives for activity against nontuberculous mycobacteria delivers high hit rates

JL Low, ML Wu, DB Aziz, B Laleu, T Dick - Frontiers in microbiology, 2017 - frontiersin.org
The prevalence of lung disease due to infections with nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM)
has been increasing and surpassed tuberculosis (TB) in some countries. Treatment …

Nontuberculous mycobacteria: the changing epidemiology and treatment challenges in cystic fibrosis

JM Leung, KN Olivier - Current opinion in pulmonary medicine, 2013 - journals.lww.com
Nontuberculous mycobacteria: the changing epidemiology and t... : Current Opinion in
Pulmonary Medicine Nontuberculous mycobacteria: the changing epidemiology and …

[HTML][HTML] Treatment for Mycobacterium abscessus complex–lung disease

YW Weng, CK Huang, CL Sy, KS Wu, HC Tsai… - Journal of the Formosan …, 2020 - Elsevier
Nontuberculous mycobacterial infections and colonization are becoming more prevalent
worldwide. Mycobacterium abscessus complex (MABC) is one of the predominant …

Medications and monitoring in nontuberculous mycobacteria infections

EF Egelund, KP Fennelly… - Clinics in Chest …, 2015 - chestmed.theclinics.com
Nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) encompass more than 200 species of bacteria. Of
these, only a small number of species are known to cause human disease; most commonly …

[HTML][HTML] Comparison of the in vitro activity of linezolid, tedizolid, sutezolid, and delpazolid against rapidly growing mycobacteria isolated in Beijing, China

X Gao, W Zhao, F Huo, G Jiang, L Dong, L Zhao… - International Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Background The natural resistance of rapidly growing mycobacteria (RGM) to multiple
antibiotics renders the treatment of the infections caused less successful. The objective of …

Drug susceptibility testing of slowly growing non-tuberculous mycobacteria using slomyco test-system

V Litvinov, M Makarova, K Galkina, E Khachaturiants… - PloS one, 2018 - journals.plos.org
Objective The objective of the research was to assess the susceptibility of the slowly growing
nontuberculous mycobacteria strains to the antimicrobial drugs used for mycobaterioses …

Effectiveness and safety of regimens containing linezolid for treatment of Mycobacterium abscessus pulmonary Disease

L Cheng, Q Zhang, H Lou, X Shen, Q Qu, J Cao… - Annals of Clinical …, 2023 - Springer
Objective To evaluate the effectiveness and safety of linezolid-containing regimens for
treatment of M. abscessus pulmonary disease. Methods The records of 336 patients with M …

Pulmonary nontuberculous mycobacterial disease: new insights into risk factors for susceptibility, epidemiology, and approaches to management in immunocompetent …

P Saleeb, KN Olivier - Current infectious disease reports, 2010 - Springer
Nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) are ubiquitous in the environment and cause a wide
range of diseases in humans. Pulmonary involvement, the most common disease …