• Clinics in chest medicine · Mar 2015

    Review

    Microbiological diagnosis of nontuberculous mycobacterial pulmonary disease.

    • Jakko van Ingen.
    • Department of Medical Microbiology (777), Radboud University Medical Center, PO Box 9101, 6500 HB Nijmegen, The Netherlands. Electronic address: jakko.vaningen@radboudumc.nl.
    • Clin. Chest Med. 2015 Mar 1; 36 (1): 43-54.

    AbstractPulmonary 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. Copyright © 2015 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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