Department of Medical Microbiology (777), Radboud University Medical Center, PO Box 9101, 6500 HB Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
Clin Chest Med. 2015 Mar;36(1):43-54. doi: 10.1016/j.ccm.2014.11.005. Epub 2014 Dec 18.
Pulmonary disease is by far the most frequent disease caused by nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM). To diagnose NTM pulmonary disease (NTM-PD), patients should have symptoms and radiologic signs suggestive of NTM-PD, and cultures of multiple respiratory tract samples must grow the same NTM species. Thus, the microbiological laboratory has a central role in the diagnosis of NTM-PD. This review summarizes currently available data on techniques involved in the microbiological diagnosis of NTM-PD, and aims to provide a framework for optimal microbiological diagnosis.
肺部疾病是迄今为止由非结核分枝杆菌(NTM)引起的最常见疾病。为了诊断非结核分枝杆菌肺病(NTM-PD),患者应有提示 NTM-PD 的症状和影像学征象,且多个呼吸道样本的培养必须生长出相同的 NTM 物种。因此,微生物实验室在 NTM-PD 的诊断中起着核心作用。这篇综述总结了目前关于 NTM-PD 微生物学诊断中涉及的技术的可用数据,并旨在为最佳微生物学诊断提供一个框架。