1. Treatment of disease caused by nontuberculous mycobacteria.
- Author
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Bass JB Jr and Hawkins EL
- Subjects
- Anti-Bacterial Agents therapeutic use, Antitubercular Agents therapeutic use, Humans, Lung Diseases diagnosis, Lung Diseases drug therapy, Lung Diseases surgery, Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous diagnosis, Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous surgery, Prognosis, Skin Diseases diagnosis, Skin Diseases drug therapy, Skin Diseases surgery, Mycobacterium Infections drug therapy, Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous drug therapy
- Abstract
Tuberculosis has declined in incidence over the past several decades, but disease due to nontuberculous mycobacteria has not. Although mycobacteria other than tuberculosis are commonly isolated in medical laboratories, isolation of such organisms does not necessarily imply disease. Generalizations concerning diagnoses and therapy of nontuberculous mycobacterial diseases are not possible because the various organisms differ greatly in ability to produce disease and response to therapy.
- Published
- 1983