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Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria ... Centrilobular nodules - Bronchiectasis ... - Cough and lung ... Lung Disease: ... Imaging, high res CT
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
DM DDX: • Nontuberculous ... mycobacterial infection (NTM ... • Productive cough ... pneumothorax, bronchiectasis ... • Check CXR and
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
Symptoms: • Chronic cough ... Infection: TB, NTM ... in the adjacent lung ... high-resolution chest CT ... Aspergillus • Nontuberculous
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
DM DDX: • Nontuberculous ... mycobacterial infection (NTM ... • Productive cough ... pneumothorax, bronchiectasis ... • Check CXR and