Progress in diagnosis and treatment of AIDS complicated with Nontuberculous mycobacterial lung disease
HUANG Kui
LI Yong
Abstract：With the prevalence of AIDS and the development of the laboratory diagnosis in recent years, the incidence of Nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) lung disease has gradually increased. NTM lung disease has become one of the common opportunistic infections and causes of death in the patients with AIDS. Usually, it is difficult to diagnose AIDS complicated with NTM lung disease due to its atypical clinical manifestations and non-specific imaging characteristics. Therefore, the comprehensive analysis of the results of clinical manifestations, physical examination and auxiliary examination is in need. The improvement of the understanding and early diagnosis and treatment of the disease are the keys to reduce its mortality. To strengthen the NTM identification and genotyping techniques research and to optimize the treatment plan will be the direction and key of its future development.
Keywords：AIDSNontuberculous mycobacteriadiagnosistreatment
Publication Date：2017-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：4( 118-121 )