Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Disease: A Comprehensive Approach to Diagnosis and Management

Front Matter ....Pages i-xi
 Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Disease: An Introduction and Historical Perspective  (David E. Griffith)....Pages 1-14
 Laboratory Diagnosis and Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing of Nontuberculous Mycobacteria  (Barbara A. Brown-Elliott)....Pages 15-59
 Drug Susceptibility Testing of Nontuberculous Mycobacteria  (Jakko van Ingen)....Pages 61-88
 Vulnerability to Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Lung Disease or Systemic Infection Due to Genetic/Heritable Disorders  (Edward D. Chan)....Pages 89-110
 Immune Dysfunction and Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Disease  (Emily Henkle, Kevin L. Winthrop)....Pages 111-130
 Environmental Niches for NTM and Their Impact on NTM Disease  (Leah Lande)....Pages 131-144
 Epidemiology of Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Pulmonary Disease (NTM PD) in the USA  (Shelby Daniel-Wayman, Jennifer Adjemian, D. Rebecca Prevots)....Pages 145-161
 Global Epidemiology of NTM Disease (Except Northern America)  (Dirk Wagner, Marc Lipman, Samantha Cooray, Felix C. Ringshausen, Kozo Morimoto, Won-Jung Koh et al.)....Pages 163-260
 Diagnosis of NTM Disease: Pulmonary and Extrapulmonary  (Jeremy M. Clain, Timothy R. Aksamit)....Pages 261-270
 Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Disease Management Principles  (Timothy R. Aksamit, David E. Griffith)....Pages 271-299
 Mycobacterium avium Complex Disease  (Michael R. Holt, Charles L. Daley)....Pages 301-323
 NTM Disease Caused by M. kansasii, M. xenopi, M. malmoense, and Other Slowly Growing NTM  (Theodore K. Marras, Sarah K. Brode)....Pages 325-368
 Disease Caused by Mycobacterium Abscessus and Other Rapidly Growing Mycobacteria (RGM)  (Julie V. Philley, David E. Griffith)....Pages 369-399
 Management of Lung Diseases Associated with NTM Infection  (Anne E. O’Donnell)....Pages 401-411
 Surgical Management of NTM Diseases  (James A. Caccitolo)....Pages 413-437
 Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Disease in Pediatric Populations  (Andrea T. Cruz, Jeffrey R. Starke)....Pages 439-463
 Non-tuberculous Mycobacteria in Cystic Fibrosis  (Robert Burkes, Peadar G. Noone)....Pages 465-481
 Healthcare-Associated Outbreaks and Pseudo-Outbreaks of Nontuberculous Mycobacteria  (Barbara A. Brown-Elliott, Richard J. Wallace Jr.)....Pages 483-503
Back Matter ....Pages 505-515