Failure to Recognize Nontuberculous Mycobacteria Leads to Misdiagnosis of Chronic Pulmonary Tuberculosis

BACKGROUND: Nontuberculous mycobacterial (NTM) infections cause morbidity worldwide. They are difficult to diagnose in resource-limited regions, and most patients receive empiric treatment for tuberculosis (TB). Our objective here is to evaluate the potential impact of NTM diseases among patients tr...

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Autori principali: Maiga, Mamoudou, Siddiqui, Sophia, Diallo, Souleymane, Diarra, Bassirou, Traoré, Brehima, Shea, Yvonne R., Zelazny, Adrian M., Dembele, Bindongo P. P., Goita, Drissa, Kassambara, Hamadoun, Hammond, Abdulrahman S., Polis, Michael A., Tounkara, Anatole
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Lingua:Inglês
Pubblicazione: Public Library of Science 2012
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Accesso online:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3353983/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22615839
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0036902
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