Should all adult cystic fibrosis patients with repeated nontuberculous mycobacteria cultures receive specific treatment? A 10-year case-control study

Affiliations

• ¹ Dept of Pulmonary Medicine, Hannover Medical School, German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Hannover, Germany.
• ² Dept of Pulmonary Medicine, University Hospital Bern (Inselspital) and University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
• ³ Dept of Infectious Diseases and Center for Chronic Immunodeficiency, University Medical Center, Freiburg, Germany.
• ⁴ Center for Biometry, Medical Informatics and Medical Technology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany.
• ⁵ Center for Infectious Diseases and Infection Control, Jena University Hospital, Jena, Germany mathias.pletz@med.uni-jena.de.