The NTM Project at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. Nontuberculous mycobacteria

The NTM Project is a study designed to identify in-host adaptation over time during chronic NTM lung infection in patients with cystic fibrosis (CF) by completing whole genome sequencing on longitudinal isolates. The project houses a biobank of nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) that have been longitudinally collected and stocked at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia from 2011-present. Isolates include NTM isolated from the lungs of patients with cystic fibrosis (CF) and from patients without CF.