Lady Windermere syndrome: an inappropriate eponym for an increasingly important condition
Non-tuberculous mycobacterial infection (NMI) occurs in elderly women with no pre-existing lung disease, and this has been termed the Lady Windermere syndrome. NMIs are increasing in prevalence and an increasing number of pulmonary mycobacterial infections is due to non-tuberculous mycobacteria. The...
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Stamford Publishing Pte Ltd / Singapore Medical Association
2008
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