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Editorial
Introducing the new BTS Guideline: Management of non-tuberculous mycobacterial pulmonary disease (NTM-PD)
  1. Charles S Haworth1,
  2. R Andres Floto1,2
  1. 1 Cambridge Centre for Lung Infection, Papworth Hospital, Cambridge, UK
  2. 2 Department of Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
  1. Correspondence to Dr Charles S Haworth, Cambridge Centre for Lung Infection, Papworth Hospital, Cambridge CB23 3RE, UK; charles.haworth{at}nhs.net

Abstract

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.

  • Respiratory Infection
  • Opportunist Lung Infections

https://doi.org/10.1136/thoraxjnl-2017-210929

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    • Competing interests RAF has received funding from Insmed. CSH has received funding from Aradigm, Chiesi, Gilead, Insmed, Raptor, Teva, Vertex, Zambon.

    • Provenance and peer review Commissioned; internally peer reviewed.