Non-tuberculous mycobacteria-an overview
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There have been sporadic reports of non-tuberculous \nmycobacteria (NTM) causing disease in the \nearly part of this century. isolation of NTM from \npatients with pulmonary disease became more common \nafter sputum culture for the diagnosis of pulmonary \ntuberculosis had become routine by the 1950s1. \nSince then important strides have been made in the \ntaxonomy and identification of non-tuberculous \nmycobacteria, as well as clarifying their role as \nhuman pathogens and importance in human pulmonary \ndisease. It is now well established that mycobacteria \nother than mammalian tubercle bacilli and \nM.leprae. are important human pathogens.2,3 \nVarious names have been suggested for this group \nof organisms such as para-tubercle bacilli, pseudotubercle \nbacilli, unclassified mycobacteria, anonymous \nmycobacteria, atypical mycobacteria, opportunistic \nmycobacteria, tuberculoid mycobacteria and mycobacteria \
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There have been sporadic reports of non-tuberculous \nmycobacteria (NTM) causing disease in the \nearly part of this century. isolation of NTM from \npatients with pulmonary disease became more common \nafter sputum culture for the diagnosis of pulmonary \ntuberculosis had become routine by the 1950s1. \nSince then important strides have been made in the \ntaxonomy and identification of non-tuberculous \nmycobacteria, as well as clarifying their role as \nhuman pathogens and importance in human pulmonary \ndisease. It is now well established that mycobacteria \nother than mammalian tubercle bacilli and \nM.leprae. are important human pathogens.2,3 \nVarious names have been suggested for this group \nof organisms such as para-tubercle bacilli, pseudotubercle \nbacilli, unclassified mycobacteria, anonymous \nmycobacteria, atypical mycobacteria, opportunistic \nmycobacteria, tuberculoid mycobacteria and mycobacteria \
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