AUG 1, 2026 · JOURNAL ARTICLE
Depression During Prolonged Diagnostic Uncertainty in Non-Tuberculous Mycobacterial Infection
Medical Forum Monthly
A single case report describing depression during diagnostic delay in non-tuberculous mycobacterial infection; raises a clinical observation about psychological harm from prolonged uncertainty but provides no comparative data or generalizable evidence.
Reported
Diagnostic durationfour years
PHQ-9 score9/17
GAD-7 score7/7