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The Application Value of Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid Metagenomic Next‐Generation Sequencing in Moderate‐to‐Severe Bronchiectasis

Journal of Clinical Laboratory Analysis, Volume 40, Issue 3, February 2026.
This study analyzed the clinical data of 52 patients with moderate‐to‐severe bronchiectasis who were admitted to our hospital. It explored the diagnostic value of bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) metagenomic next‐generation sequencing (mNGS) in identifying infectious pathogens in patients with moderate‐to‐severe bronchiectasis, and clarified the ...
Jiachun Li, Qiuping Quan, Junshan Chen, Xiaoyun Jian, Weijie Zhan, Jingmin Wang, Rongbin Jiang   +6 more
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Multiple infected lung bullae associated with Mycobacterium intracellulare in a Japanese man

Respirology Case Reports, 2021
Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC)‐infected lung bulla was a rare type of pulmonary non‐tuberculous mycobacterial (NTM) infection. A 29‐year‐old man with a history of tetralogy of Fallot was admitted to our hospital because of a high fever and left chest ...
Tatsuya Kodama, Atsushi Kurokawa, Hiroyuki Kokuto   +2 more
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Polymorphic Clinical and Pathological Presentation of Nontuberculous Mycobacteria: A Case Series

Case Reports in Dermatological Medicine, Volume 2026, Issue 1, 2026.
Background Nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) are a group of mycobacteria widely distributed in the environment. They may cause cutaneous infections in immunocompromised and immunocompetent hosts. Clinical presentations can be significantly heterogeneous and are not species‐specific; moreover, histological features can vary, probably depending on host ...
Gabriele Biondi, Martina Uda, Lavinia Bazzoni, Rosanna Rita Satta, Ioannis D. Bassukas   +4 more
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Untargeted and Targeted Liquid Chromatography‐Mass Spectrometry–Based Lipidomic Profiling Revealed a Potential Biomarker Panel to Distinguish Clinical Isolates of M. tuberculosis From Nontuberculous M. kansasii

Pulmonary Medicine, Volume 2026, Issue 1, 2026.
The rising incidence of nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) infections, particularly Mycobacterium kansasii (M. kansasii), and their overlapping clinical features with Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) are leading to diagnostic ambiguity in tuberculosis‐endemic regions.
Meenakshi Chugh, Saif Hameed, Jitendra Singh, Zeeshan Fatima, Sarman Singh   +4 more
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Abstract Supplement

Pulmonary Medicine, Volume 2026, Issue 1, 2026.
 
Marzia Folegani, Semonti Nandi
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Prosthetic Joint Infection due to Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare in a Patient with Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Case Report and Review of the Literature

Case Reports in Infectious Diseases, 2017
Nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) are a rare cause of prosthetic joint infections (PJI). However, the prevalence of NTM infections may be increasing with the rise of newer immunosuppressive medications such as biologics.
N. Ingraham, B. Schneider, Jonathan D. Alpern   +2 more
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Depletion of PD-1 or PD-L1 did not affect the mortality of mice infected with Mycobacterium avium

Scientific Reports, 2021
The programmed cell death-1 (PD-1) and programmed cell death-ligand 1 (PD-L1) pathway could affect antimicrobial immune responses by suppressing T cell activity.
Masayuki Nakajima, Masashi Matsuyama, Mio Kawaguchi, Sosuke Matsumura, Takumi Kiwamoto, Yosuke Matsuno, Yuko Morishima, Kazufumi Yoshida, Mingma Thsering Sherpa, Kai Yazaki, Ryota Tanaka, Naoko Okiyama, Masafumi Muratani, Yukio Ishii, Nobuyuki Hizawa   +14 more
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Mycobacterium intracellulare‐Induced Flexor Tenosynovitis of the Forearm

Clinical Case Reports, Volume 13, Issue 12, December 2025.
ABSTRACT We herein document a clinically challenging case of Mycobacterium intracellulare tenosynovitis in an immunocompromised patient with rheumatoid arthritis. Diagnosing nontuberculous mycobacterial tenosynovitis is often challenging because it often mimics rheumatoid arthritis flares.
Hideharu Hagiya, Shinnosuke Fukushima, Kenta Nakamoto, Kohei Oguni   +3 more
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Mycobacterium chimaera: a case report from Italy

Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease
Mycobacterium chimaera is an environmental non-tuberculous mycobacterium belonging to Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC). It has been widely known to be associated with disseminated infection after cardiac surgery, related to heater-cooler units used ...
Martina Maria Seminara, Dina Visca, Alice Claudia Repossi, Antonio Spanevello   +3 more
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Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare and the unpredictable course of hypercalcemia in an AIDS patient

Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2017
A 37-year-old man with AIDS presented with altered mental status four weeks after stopping his medications for Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare (MAI). He had low CD4 cell count and severe hypercalcemia.
Houriya Ayoubieh, Eyas Alkhalili
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