
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM)
Microbiological, Clinical and Geographical Distribution
Description
Key Features
- Highlights new findings in the epidemiological distribution and new diagnosis and treatment protocol of mycobacterial infections
- Debates new advances in the detection of NTM
- Demonstrates the distribution of NTM in the environment and its relationship with human infection using a geographical information system (GIS)
- Includes new radiological findings in non-tuberculous mycobacterial infections in the lung using CT and PET-Scan imaging
Readership
Research scientists, clinical microbiologists and hospital diagnostic technicians, postgraduate medical and science students from third year of study onwards
Table of Contents
1. The Taxonomy of the Genus Mycobacterium
Enrico-Tortoli
2. Identification of Non-Tuberculous Mycobacterium: Conventional versus Rapid Molecular Tests
Ali Akbar Velayati, Parissa Farina, Shima Saif
3. Susceptibility Testing of Nontuberculous Mycobacteria
Imran Ahmed, Rumina Hasan, Sadia Shakoor
4. Future Nontuberculous Mycobacteria DST and Therapeutic Interventions
Sven Hoffner, Diane Ordway
5. Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Diseases in Humans
Lars-Olof. Larsson, Rutger Bennet, Margareta Eriksson, Bodil Jonsson and Malin Ridell
6. Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Lung Disease
Ruxana T. Sadikot
7. Clinical Presentation of Nontuberculous Mycobacteria Using Radiological and CT-Scan Imagining
Payam Mehrian, Poopak Farnia, Jalaledin Ghanavi, Hamidreza Jamaati, Payam Tabarsi, Ali Akbar Velayati
8. Mapping the Footprints of Nontuberculosis Mycobacteria: A Diagnostic Dilemma
Mandira Varma-Basil, Mridula Bose
9. Nosocomial and Healthcare-Associated NTM Infections and Their Control
Sadia Shakoor, Maria Owais, Rumina Hasan and Seema Irfan
10. Epidemiological Distribution of Nontuberculous Mycobacteria using Geographical Information System
Parissa Farnia, Poopak Farina, Jaladein Ghanavi, Ali Akbar Velayati
Product details
- No. of pages: 346
- Language: English
- Copyright: © Academic Press 2019
- Published: January 10, 2019
- Imprint: Academic Press
- eBook ISBN: 9780128146934
- Paperback ISBN: 9780128146927
About the Editors
Ali Akbar Velayati

Affiliations and Expertise
Parissa Farnia

Dr. Farina’s publications span international, national and institutional collaboration. 32.7% of her publications are co-authored with researchers in other countries.
Affiliations and Expertise
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