An overview of pulmonary infections due to rapidly growing mycobacteria in South Asia and impressions from a subtropical region

An overview of pulmonary infections due to rapidly growing mycobacteria in South Asia and impressions from a subtropical region

Background: Rapidly growing mycobacteria (RGM) comprise nearly half of the validated species of nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) and have been reported to have a higher incidence in Asia as compared to Europe and America. There is limited information on RGM infections from South Asia. Hence, the pr...

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Main Authors: Kamal Shrivastava, Chanchal Kumar, Anupriya Singh, Anshika Narang, Astha Giri, Naresh Kumar Sharma, Shraddha Gupta, Varsha Chauhan, Jayanthi Gunasekaran, Viswesvaran Balasubramanian, Anil Chaudhry, Rupak Singla, Rajendra Prasad, Mandira Varma-Basil
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2020-01-01
Series:International Journal of Mycobacteriology
Subjects:
india
nontuberculous mycobacteria
rapidly growing mycobacteria
rapidly growing mycobacteria pulmonary infections
south asia
Online Access:http://www.ijmyco.org/article.asp?issn=2212-5531;year=2020;volume=9;issue=1;spage=62;epage=70;aulast=Shrivastava

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