Introducing the new BTS Guideline: Management of non-tuberculous mycobacterial pulmonary disease (NTM-PD)

Thorax. 2017 Nov;72(11):969-970. doi: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2017-210929.

Abstract

The new BTS Guidelines for the management of non-tuberculous mycobacterial pulmonary disease combine the best available evidence with expert consensus to generate a set of pragmatic Guidelines, published as a supplement to this issue of Thorax, to assist in the management of these challenging infections.

Keywords: Opportunist Lung Infections; Respiratory Infection.

Publication types

  • Editorial
  • Guideline
  • Comment

MeSH terms

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Consensus
  • Evidence-Based Medicine
  • Humans
  • Lung Diseases / diagnosis
  • Lung Diseases / drug therapy*
  • Lung Diseases / microbiology
  • Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous / diagnosis*
  • Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous / drug therapy*
  • Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous / microbiology
  • Nontuberculous Mycobacteria / isolation & purification*
  • Risk Factors
  • Treatment Outcome
  • United Kingdom

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents