Lower airway dysbiosis fuels NETosis in nontuberculous mycobacterial bronchiectasis: rethinking the microbiome-host axis

Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2026 May 1;212(5):875-877. doi: 10.1093/ajrccm/aamag117.

Ulrich M Zissler^{1

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¹ Technology Transfer Center (TTZ) for Building Biology, Airway and Indoor Health, University of Applied Sciences Rosenheim, Freilassing, Germany.
² Department of Pediatrics, Klinikum rechts der Isar, TUM School of Medicine and Health, Technical University of Munich (TUM), Munich, Germany.
³ Department of Medicine, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University Medical Center Giessen and Marburg, Philipps University Marburg, Marburg, Germany.
⁴ Member of the German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Universities of Giessen and Marburg Lung Center (UGMLC), Marburg, Germany.
⁵ Schön Klinik Berchtesgadener Land, Schönau am Königssee, Institute for Pulmonary Rehabilitation Research, Schönau am Königssee, Germany.
⁶ Department of Pulmonary Rehabilitation, German Center for Lung Research (DZL), University Medical Center Giessen and Marburg, Philipps-University Marburg (UMR), Marburg, Germany.
⁷ Teaching Hospital, Paracelsus Medical University Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria.

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Keywords: NETosis; nontuberculous mycobacterial bronchiectasis.