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Outcomes of HIV-positive patients with non-tuberculous mycobacteria positive culture who received anti-tuberculous treatment in Botswana: Implications of using diagnostic algorithms without non-tuberculous mycobacteria

BACKGROUND: Patients with non-tuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) or Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) pulmonary disease may have similar clinical presentation. The potential for misdiagnosis and inappropriate treatment exists in settings with limited testing capacity for Xpert(®) MTB/RIF (Xpert), phenoty...

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Autores principales: Agizew, Tefera, Boyd, Rosanna, Mathebula, Unami, Mathoma, Anikie, Basotli, Joyce, Serumola, Christipher, Pals, Sherri, Finlay, Alyssa, Lekone, Phenyo, Rankgoane-Pono, Goabaone, Tlhakanelo, Thato, Chihota, Violet, Auld, Andrew F.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7292360/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32530972
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0234646