A prospective study on the long-term storage of sputum and the recovery of nontuberculous mycobacteria.
Byoung Soo KwonJeong Su ParkJung-A ShinEun Sun KimSung Yoon LimMyung Jin SongYeon-Wook KimHyung-Jun KimYeon Joo LeeJong Sun ParkYoung-Jae ChoHo Il YoonChoon-Taek LeeJae Ho LeePublished in: Therapeutic advances in respiratory disease (2023)
Under usual circumstances, most patients with suspected NTM submit spontaneously expectorated sputum rather than induced sputum for the purpose of testing the causative organism. By collecting and storing sputum specimens for a longer period than before, it is expected that more sufficient and adequate collection of sputum specimens will be possible.