Huda Asif, Franck F Rahaghi, Akihiro Ohsumi, Julie Philley, Amir Emtiazjoo, Takashi Hirama, Arthur W Baker, Chin-Chung Shu, Fernanda Silveira, Vincent Poulin, Pete Rizzuto, Miki Nagao, Pierre-Régis Burgel, Steve Hays, Timothy Aksamit, Takeshi Kawasaki, Charles Dela Cruz, Stefano Aliberti, Takahiro Nakajima, Stephen Ruoss, Theodore K Marras, Gregory I Snell, Kevin Winthrop, Mehdi Mirsaeidi
RATIONALE: Nontuberculous mycobacterial (NTM) diseases are difficult-to-treat infections, especially in lung transplant (LTx) candidates. Currently, there is a paucity of recommendations on the management of NTM infections in LTx, focusing on Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC), M. abscessus and M. kansasii . METHODS: Pulmonologists, infectious disease specialists, LTx surgeons and Delphi experts with expertise in NTM were recruited. A patient representative was also invited...
March 2023: ERJ Open Research