Given the heterogeneous clinical profiles for NTM pulmonary disease, what radiographic or other criteria determine which patients with culture positivity for MAC lung disease should be treated and which are suitable for “watch, wait, and monitor?”

Given the heterogeneous clinical profiles for NTM pulmonary disease, what radiographic or other criteria determine which patients with culture positivity for MAC lung disease should be treated and which are suitable for “watch, wait, and monitor?”

Given the heterogeneous clinical profiles for NTM pulmonary disease, what radiographic or other criteria determine which patients with culture positivity for MAC lung disease should be treated and which are suitable for “watch, wait, and monitor?” 


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Presenter

Julie Philley, MD

Julie Philley, MD

Chair of the Department of Medicine
Chief of Pulmonary and Critical Care
UT Health North Campus Tyler
The University of Texas Health Sciences Center
Houston, Texas