Treatment of Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Lung Disease Is Complex; Thus, Shared Decision Making Is Critical

Affiliations

¹ Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care, School of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, California.
² Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Geisel School of Medicine, Dartmouth University, Lebanon, New Hampshire; and.
³ Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland.

Meghan Marmor et al. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2022 Aug.

. 2022 Aug;19(8):1265-1267.

doi: 10.1513/AnnalsATS.202201-002VP.

¹ Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care, School of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, California.
² Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Geisel School of Medicine, Dartmouth University, Lebanon, New Hampshire; and.
³ Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland.

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