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Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease ›› 2025, Vol. 6 ›› Issue (2): 135-142.doi: 10.19983/j.issn.2096-8493.20250008

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2025 Update interpretation of “T/CHATA-001-2025 non-tuberculous mycobacteria disease diagnosis” social organization standard

Chen Hua, Chen Pinru()   

  1. Department of Non-Tuberculosis Mycobacterial Disease Diagnosisand Treatment Center,Guangzhou Chest Hospital,Guangzhou 510095, China
  • Received:2025-02-07 Online:2025-04-20 Published:2025-04-11
  • Contact: Chen Pinru,Email:chenpinru1965@126.com
  • Supported by:
    Guangzhou Science and Technology Plan Project(2025A03J3604);Guangzhou Medical Key Discipline (2025—2027, Tuberculosis)

Abstract:

In order to standardize the diagnosis of non-tuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) disease, on January 14, 2025, the Chinese Anti-Tuberculosis Association issued the “T/CHATA-001-2025 non-tuberculous mycobacteria disease diagnosis” social organization standard (hereinafter referred to as the “2025 Edition”), which is an update to the “T/CHATA-01-2020 non-tuberculous mycobacteria disease diagnosis” (hereinafter referred to as the “2020 Edition”).The author interprets the updated content of the 2025 Edition compared to the 2020 Edition, aiming to further improve the NTM diseases diagnostic level of clinical physicians, especially the result interpretation ability of using molecular biological tests on detecting NTM.

Key words: Atypical bacteria, Mycobacterium, Benchmarking, Comment

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