Risk factors in patients with AFB smear-positive sputum who receive inappropriate antituberculous treatment

BACKGROUND: Acid-fast bacilli (AFB) smear-positive sputum is usually an initial clue in the diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis (TB); however, the test is not disease-specific. Nontuberculous mycobacterium-related colonization or lung disease often has AFB smear-positive sputum results, and physicia...

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Autores principales: Chang, Cheng-Yu, Hong, Jen-Yee, Yuan, Mei-Kang, Chang, Shu-Ju, Lee, Yuan-Ming, Chang, Shih-Chieh, Hsu, Li-Cho, Cheng, Shin-Lung
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2013
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Original Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3563317/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23386785
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/DDDT.S39247

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3563317/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23386785
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/DDDT.S39247

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