title: [Non-tuberculous Mycobacteria: epidemiologic importance and current pathogenicity].
abstract: The non-tuberculosis mycobacteria are reviewed, with emphasis on the epidemiological and pathogenic importance of these organisms when the prevalence of tuberculosis diminishes. The increasing proportion of weak reactions to human tuberculin observed between 1975 and 1981 among school children of the Canton of Geneva and the relatively high number of non-tuberculosis mycobacteria demonstrated in human material between 1979 and 1981 in this Canton suggest that these mycobacteria also play a role in this country.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000995:Antitubercular Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001431:Bacteriological Techniques; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D007165:Immunosuppression Therapy; D008199:Lymphadenitis / Q000209:etiology; D009161:Mycobacterium / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D009164:Mycobacterium Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology*; D009165:Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous / Q000453:epidemiology; D009170:Nontuberculous Mycobacteria / Q000472:pathogenicity; D012141:Respiratory Tract Infections / Q000209:etiology; D013557:Switzerland; D014374:Tuberculin Test; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000175:diagnosis
chemical_list: D000995:Antitubercular Agents
vernacular_title: Mycobactéries non tuberculeuses: importance épidémiologique et pathogénique actuelle.