Clinical Manifestations of Pulmonary Infection Due to Rapidly Growing Nontuberculous Mycobacteri

Abstract

INTRODUCTION: Rapidly growing nontuberculous mycobacteria (RGM) can produce numerous types of infections including cutaneous disease, lymphadenitis, disseminated disease and pulmonary infection. The management of pulmonary infection due to RGM has proved unusually difficult to treat because the organism is invariably resistant to traditional antituberculous drugs and has varying susceptibility to other antibiotics. We evaluated the clinical manifestations, treatment, and therapeutic outcomes of RGM pulmonary infection.