INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF TUBERCULOSIS AND LUNG DISEASE, cilt.8, sa.10, ss.1186-1193, 2004 (SCI-Expanded)
OBJECTIVE: To collect data on non-tuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) isolated from clinical laboratories in different countries to establish: 1) whether the isolation of NTM was increasing, 2) which species were increasing, and 3) whether there was any pattern of geographical distribution.