An Official ATS/IDSA Statement: Diagnosis, Treatment, and Prevention of Nontuberculous
Mycobacterial Diseases | American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine ATS …

The history, taxonomy, geographic distribution, clinical disease, and therapy of the
pathogenic nonpigmented or late-pigmenting rapidly growing mycobacteria (RGM) are …

Abstract Background. Invasive Mycobacterium chimaera infections were diagnosed in 2012
in 2 heart surgery patients on extracorporeal circulation. We launched an outbreak …

One hundred twenty-five cases of disease due to rapidly growing mycobacteria were
observed over a four-year period. Cutaneous infections accounted for 74 cases (59%). Of …

▪ Abstract Nosocomial outbreaks and pseudo-outbreaks caused by the nontuberculous
mycobacteria (NTM) have been recognized for more than 20 years and continue to be a …

Little is known of clinical disease due to Mycobacterium chelonaechelonae. One hundred
skin, soft tissue, or bone isolates of this rapidly growing mycobacterium were identified over …

Nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) are ubiquitous in the environment and cause
colonization, infection, and pseudo-outbreaks in health care settings. Data suggest that the …

The rate of isolation of mycobacteria other than Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MOTT) has
increased over the past several years; in some areas the isolation rate for Mycobacterium …

One hundred twenty-three patients with nonpulmonary infections due to Mycobacterium
fortuitum or Mycobacterium chelonei were treated by wound debridement and with …

Objective To compare the demographics, clinical features, susceptibility patterns, and
treatment for skin and soft tissue infections due toMycobacterium …