Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Infections By Dylan Tierney, MD, MPH , Instructor, Harvard Medical School; Associate Physician, Division of Global Health Equity, Brigham and Women’s Hospital Edward A. Nardell, MD, Professor of Medicine and Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Associate Physician, Divisions of Global Health Equity and Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Brigham & […]
Bacteria In Soil, Shower Heads Can Pose Threat Study finds tall, thin women may be more vulnerable to the bacterial lung infection ‘NTM’ DENVER, CO — Tall, thin women face a greater risk of infection with nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM), an organism closely related to those that cause tuberculosis, according to researchers at National Jewish […]
What is NTM Lung Disease and Who is Susceptible? Managing a rare, but chronic lung disease. Dr. Leah Lande, a Pulmonologist with Lankenau Medical Center; Philip Leitman, Co-Founder/President of NTM Info & Research.. and NTM Patient, Betsy Nardi, join us to discuss NTM Lung Disease. NTM stands for Nontuberculous mycobacteria. A NTM lung infection is […]