Doubled Nontuberculous Mycobacteria Isolation as a Consequence of Changes in the Diagnosis Algorithm.

3 In recent years, a better understanding of NTM and their related diseases, the availability of new molecular diagnostics, an increased life span of the global population, and increase in the number of immunocompromised conditions have all contributed to an increasing trend in NTM infection. 4–7 In many developed countries, the incidences of NTM diseases have surpassed tuberculosis (TB). 8–10 Like TB, NTM also most frequently affects the lungs.

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