Clinical significance and simultaneous microevolution of two closely-related nontuberculous mycobacteria species

Introduction: , two closely-related nontuberculous mycobacteria. Methods: clinical cases and curated all publicly-accessible genomes. Results: , potentially underestimating its clinical significance. Discussion: and divergent putative within-host evolution in a human patient. Simultaneously identifying multiple NTM colonies in chronic infection is needed for precise diagnosis. The observed convergence towards increased model virulence warrants further investigation as a potential adaptive strategy in NTM.