Charles Daley

OVERVIEW: What every practitioner needs to know Are you sure your patient has disease due to slowly growing nontuberculous mycobacteria? What should you expect to find? Nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) can infect almost any organ in the body, thus, signs and symptoms will vary depending on the site of infection. In general, NTM cause four different…

OVERVIEW: What every practitioner needs to know Are you sure your patient has disease due to rapidly growing nontuberculous mycobacteria? What should you expect to find? Nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) can infect almost any organ in the body, thus, signs and symptoms will vary depending on the site of infection. In general, NTM cause four different…