Identification of Non-Tuberculous Mycobacteria in COPD Patients Undergoing Lung Volume Reduction: More Frequent than Expected?

Respiration. 2019;98(3):279-280. doi: 10.1159/000501697. Epub 2019 Jul 22.

Authors

Grégory Berra¹, Jérôme Plojoux², Paola M Soccal^{2

3}, Jean-Paul Janssens^{2

3}

Affiliations

¹ Division of Pulmonology, Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland, gregory.berra@hcuge.ch.
² Division of Pulmonology, Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland.
³ Faculty of Medicine, Geneva University, Geneva, Switzerland.

PMID: 31330505
DOI: 10.1159/000501697

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Aged
Cohort Studies
Female
Forced Expiratory Volume
Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / epidemiology
Haemophilus Infections / epidemiology
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous / epidemiology*
Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous / microbiology
Mycobacterium avium Complex
Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare Infection / epidemiology
Mycobacterium xenopi
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria
Pneumonectomy
Pulmonary Aspergillosis / epidemiology
Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / epidemiology
Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / physiopathology
Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / surgery
Pulmonary Emphysema / epidemiology*
Pulmonary Emphysema / physiopathology
Pulmonary Emphysema / surgery
Residual Volume
Severity of Illness Index
Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / epidemiology*
Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / microbiology