LUNG NONTUBERCULOUS MYCOBACTERIAL INFECTIONS

Course overview

NON-TUBERCULOSIS MYCOBACTERIAL LUNG INFECTIONS ARE NOT AS COMMON AS MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS, BUT THEY ARE STILL SERIOUS AND ASSOCIATED WITH HIGH MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY. NON-TUBERCULOUS LUNG INFECTIONS ARE RELATIVELY UNCOMMON WITH LOW PHYSICIAN AWARENESS AND A LONG SILENT PERIOD. THESE INFECTIONS FREQUENTLY GET MISDIAGNOSED AND UNDERTREATED; THEIR TRUE PREVALENCE SUFFERS FROM GROSS UNDERESTIMATION. TO AVOID THE HIGH MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY CONNECTED WITH THESE INFECTIONS, THEY MUST RECEIVE A PROMPT DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT. THIS ACTIVITY COVERS THE EVALUATION AND TREATMENT OF NON-MYCOBACTERIAL LUNG INFECTIONS AND HIGHLIGHTS THE ROLE OF THE INTERPROFESSIONAL TEAM IN EVALUATING AND TREATING PATIENTS WITH THESE INFECTIONS.