everyone....two NTM workshops coming up...one in texas. in spring 2019...go to NTMINFO.org to see one......the other in Denver at National Jewish Health on Saturday Sept 21 2019. I have emailed the texas one to see if it will be video taped for those of us unable to attend.....probably the NJH one will be taped.
Other items you might be interested in.....
on NationalJewish.org there is a posting from January 17. 2019 that their advanced Diagnostic Laboratory has launched " a new line probe Molecular Assay to rapidly detect NTM infections and identify NTM species and drug-resistance markers at a molecular level within 48 hours after obtaining a sample from culture. It is the first and only Laboratory in the United States to offer such a test...….is an accurate test that allows rapid differentiation ofM.tuberculosis from several frequently encountered NTM species including the slowly growing M.aviam, M.intracellulare and M.chimaera as well as several rapidly growing mycobacteria , including M.abscessus and its subspecies...………….." it goes on with more uses of this new test.
it says to visit njlabs.org and search for AFB6.tdrell