Non-tuberculous mycobacteria in lung transplant recipients: Prevalence, risk factors, and impact on survival and chronic lung allograft dysfunction.

Daniel Z P Friedman Carlos CerveraKieran HalloranGregory TyrrellKaren Doucette

Published in: Transplant infectious disease : an official journal of the Transplantation Society (2019)

Isolation of NTM occurred in 7% of patients before and 4.5% of patients after transplant. In this cohort, NTM isolation was associated with increased risk of death but not CLAD onset at 5 years.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
risk factors
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
chronic kidney disease
peritoneal dialysis
prognostic factors
oxidative stress
free survival