Introducing the new BTS Guideline: Management of non-tuberculous mycobacterial pulmonary disease (NTM-PD).
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The new BTS Guidelines for the management of non-tuberculous mycobacterial pulmonary disease combine the best available evidence with expert consensus to generate a set of pragmatic Guidelines, published as a supplement to this issue of Thorax, to assist in the management of these challenging infections.
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British Thoracic Society guidelines for the management of non-tuberculous mycobacterial pulmonary disease (NTM-PD).
Haworth CS, et al. Thorax 2017;72:iii1–ii64. doi:10.1136/thoraxjnl-2017-210927 British Thoracic Society guidelines for the management of non-tuberculous mycobacterial pulmonary disease (NTM-PD) Charles S Haworth, John Banks, Toby Capstick, Andrew J Fisher, Thomas Gorsuch, Ian F Laurenson, Andrew Leitch, Michael R Loebinger, Heather J Milburn, Mark Nightingale, Peter Ormerod, Delane Shingadia, D...
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The full guideline for the management of non-tuberculous mycobacterial pulmonary disease is published in Thorax. The following is a summary of the recommendations and good practice points. The sections referred to in the summary refer to the full guideline.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Thorax
دوره 72 11 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2017