Clinical features of patients presenting with fever of unknown origin caused by non-tuberculous mycobacterium infection
Conclusions: Microbiological investigations including culture, acid-fast staining, NTM nucleic acid examination, and next-generation sequencing were performed to confirm the diagnosis of NTM in FUO patients. FUO patients should screen for NTM infections so that this important etiology can be recognized, targeted treatments administered early, and outcomes improved.
Source: The Journal of Infection in Developing Countries - Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Huiting Liu, Ting Zhang, Yu Wang, Hongwei Fan, Xiaoming Huang, Yang Jiao Source Type: research