Abstract:ConclusionThe incidence of NTM has continued to rise since the last national survey. This represents an almost ten-fold increase since 1995. The majority of these are pulmonary isolates (in particular MAI). Possible explanations include greater awareness amongst clinicians leading to increased sampling, improvements in laboratory techniques for speciation or laboratory reporting practices. However, such a large increase most likely reflects a genuine rise in NTM infection in the population. Given this change i… Show more
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