Nontuberculous Mycobacteria, Botswana, 2011–2014

We documented a 6-fold increase in the frequency of nontuberculous mycobacteria isolated from clinical samples in Botswana during 2011–2014. Because antituberculosis treatment is often initiated only on the basis of acid-fast bacilli smear-positive microscopy results, some patients with nontuberculo...

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Autores principales: Mbeha, Bontle, Mine, Madisa, Motswaledi, Modisa Sekhamo, Dewar, John
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6590747/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31211680
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2507.181440
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author Mbeha, Bontle
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description We documented a 6-fold increase in the frequency of nontuberculous mycobacteria isolated from clinical samples in Botswana during 2011–2014. Because antituberculosis treatment is often initiated only on the basis of acid-fast bacilli smear-positive microscopy results, some patients with nontuberculous mycobacterial infections might have received inappropriate treatment.
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spelling pubmed-65907472019-07-01 Nontuberculous Mycobacteria, Botswana, 2011–2014 Mbeha, Bontle Mine, Madisa Motswaledi, Modisa Sekhamo Dewar, John Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch We documented a 6-fold increase in the frequency of nontuberculous mycobacteria isolated from clinical samples in Botswana during 2011–2014. Because antituberculosis treatment is often initiated only on the basis of acid-fast bacilli smear-positive microscopy results, some patients with nontuberculous mycobacterial infections might have received inappropriate treatment. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2019-07 /pmc/articles/PMC6590747/ /pubmed/31211680 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2507.181440 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
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title Nontuberculous Mycobacteria, Botswana, 2011–2014
title_full Nontuberculous Mycobacteria, Botswana, 2011–2014
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title_short Nontuberculous Mycobacteria, Botswana, 2011–2014
title_sort nontuberculous mycobacteria, botswana, 2011–2014
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6590747/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31211680
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2507.181440
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