| clinical significance of nontuberculous mycobacteria isolates in a canadian tertiary care center. | to determine the epidemiology and clinical features of disease due to nontuberculous mycobacteria (ntm) in our institution, we reviewed the medical records of all patients from whom ntm isolates were recovered from 1988 to 1990 to extract selected clinical and laboratory data. on the basis of the likelihood of infection, patients were classified as having definite, probable, or unlikely ntm disease as defined by published guidelines. of 80 patients who met the inclusion criteria, 17 had definite ... | 1995 | 7578721 |