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SUBMITTER: Ratnatunga CN
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7062685 | biostudies-literature | 2020
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Ratnatunga Champa N CN Lutzky Viviana P VP Kupz Andreas A Doolan Denise L DL Reid David W DW Field Matthew M Bell Scott C SC Thomson Rachel M RM Miles John J JJ
Frontiers in immunology 20200303
The incidence and number of deaths from non-tuberculous mycobacterial (NTM) disease have been steadily increasing globally. These lesser known "cousins" of <i>Mycobacterium tuberculosis</i> (TB) were once thought to be harmless environmental saprophytics and only dangerous to individuals with defective lung structure or the immunosuppressed. However, NTM are now commonly infecting seemingly immune competent children and adults at increasing rates through pulmonary infection. This is of concern a ...[more]