Characterization of non-tuberculous mycobacterial pulmonary disease in Nanjing district of China.
Chunmei HuLili HuangMin CaiWeixiao WangXudong ShiWei ChenPublished in: BMC infectious diseases (2019)
This study retrospectively investigated the prevalence of NTM pulmonary disease in Nanjing district, southeast China. Similar to Beijing area, north China, M. intracellulare was the major pathogenic NTM species. Clinical symptoms of the disease were not species-specific. Previous TB and HIV infection immensely enhanced risk of NTM disease.