ArticlePathogens (Basel, Switzerland)2023
First Case Reports of Nontuberculous Mycobacterial (NTM) Lung Disease in Ecuador: Important Lessons to Learn.
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- What do the clinical features of positive nontuberculous mycobacteria isolates from patients with HIV/AIDS in China reveal? A systematic review and meta-analysis.Journal of global health · 2023Pooled it
- Development and validation of a clinical risk score nomogram for distinguishing nontuberculous mycobacteria from Mycobacterium tuberculosis pulmonary disease.Journal of clinical tuberculosis and other mycobacterial diseases · 2025Article
- Non-tuberculous mycobacteria and other acid fast bacilli pathogens identification by qPCR and MALDI-ToF MS in tuberculosis-like lesions of slaughtered cattle from Ecuador.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2025Article
- Rapid and accurate identification and differentiation ofFrontiers in public health · 2024Article
- Clinical Characteristics, Species Distribution, and Drug Resistance of Non-Tuberculous Mycobacteria Lung Disease in Qingdao, China.Infection and drug resistance · 2024Article
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Abstract
Nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) lung infections are often misdiagnosed as tuberculosis, which can lead to ineffective antibiotic treatments. In this report, we present three cases of NTM lung infections in Ecuador that were initially diagnosed and treated as tuberculosis based on the results of sputum smear microscopy. The patients, all male, included two immunocompetent individuals and one HIV-positive subject. Unfortunately, sputum culture was not initiated until late in the course of the disease and the cause of the lung infection,
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