Recent Advances in Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM)—2nd Edition
A special issue of Pathogens (ISSN 2076-0817). This special issue belongs to the section "Bacterial Pathogens".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 September 2025 | Viewed by 825
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Interests: clinical microbiology; genotyping of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex strains; TB transmission; Mycobacterium drug resistance
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Interests: clinical microbiology; microbiological diagnostics of tuberculosis and mycobacteriosis
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Dear Colleagues,
Nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) constitute a group of over 180 Mycobacterium species, with the exception of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and Mycobacterium leprae. NTM species can cause a variety of infections in humans and animals, including pneumonia, lung abscess, pleural infection, meningitis, lymphadenitis, and skin and soft tissue infection. Mycobacterioses are difficult to treat because the therapy is long, expensive, more toxic and prone to failure than tuberculosis treatment. Recently, a global increase in the number of infections caused by NTM bacilli has been recorded.
All NTM species are acid-fast; therefore, the staining of microscopic smears using fluorescence and the Ziehl–Neelsen method is not sufficient for species identification or distinguishing NTM from MTBC species. The proper diagnosis of mycobacteriosis is based on clinical features and microbiological tests, including culture, histopathology and molecular methods. Knowing the capabilities and limitations of laboratory testing is critical to making the right clinical decisions. Hence, among the most important tasks of modern microbiology laboratories are the diagnosis and species identification of NTM, while also distinguishing them from MTBC strains.
In this Special Issue, we will provide an overview of the current diagnostic options for suspected NTM infection.
Dr. Monika Kozińska
Prof. Dr. Ewa Augustynowicz-Kopeć
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- mycobacteriosis
- identification
- nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM)
- mycobacteria other than tuberculosis (MOTT)
- epidemiology
- Mycobacterium spp.
- microbiological diagnostics
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