Reduction in Nontuberculous Mycobacteria at a Tuberculosis Hospital Following a Quality Assurance Intervention

BACKGROUND: Non tuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) are widely distributed in soil and water. NTM/Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBC) mixes may yield positive AFB smears falsely attributed to tuberculosis (TB) and false-resistance profiles for TB due to contaminated diagnostic samples. This as well...

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Autores principales: Kizilbash, Quratulain, Jost, Kenneth, Armitige, Lisa, Griffith, David E, Dunbar, Denise, Seaworth, Barbara
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5631281/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofx163.1802

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