Nontuberculous Mycobacteria Measurement

**Semantic type:** Laboratory Procedure

**Definition:** The determination of the amount of organisms that are assigned to the Mycobacterium genus but are not tuberculosis or leprosy-causing in a biological sample.

**Synonyms:** - NTBMYCO - NTM - Non-tuberculous mycobacteria - Nontuberculous Mycobacteria - Nontuberculous Mycobacteria