Patients with nontuberculous mycobacteria: comparison of updated and previous diagnostic criteria for lung disease

Erin Epson; Maureen Cassidy; Angela Marshall-Olson; Katrina Hedberg; Kevin L Winthrop

doi:10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2012.05.035

Patients with nontuberculous mycobacteria: comparison of updated and previous diagnostic criteria for lung disease

Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis. 2012 Sep;74(1):98-100. doi: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2012.05.035. Epub 2012 Jul 15.

Authors

Erin Epson¹, Maureen Cassidy, Angela Marshall-Olson, Katrina Hedberg, Kevin L Winthrop

Affiliation

¹ Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR, USA. mcnelley@ohsu.edu

PMID: 22795963
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2012.05.035

Abstract

We classified patients with respiratory nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) isolates using updated (2007) and previous (1997) American Thoracic Society/Infectious Diseases Society of America criteria for NTM lung disease. We found that a greater proportion of such patients have disease using updated criteria due to improved sensitivity of the microbiologic component of the disease definition.

MeSH terms

Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous / diagnosis*
Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous / epidemiology
Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous / microbiology
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria / isolation & purification*
Pneumonia, Bacterial / diagnosis*
Pneumonia, Bacterial / epidemiology
Pneumonia, Bacterial / microbiology
Prevalence