Mycobacterial Testing Trends, United States, 2009–2015

We studied 31 US healthcare facilities to characterize trends in mycobacterial testing. During 2009–2015, testing for acid-fast bacilli increased 3.2% annually, and prevalence of pathogenic nontuberculous mycobacteria increased 4.5% annually. These increases were highest for subpopulations at high r...

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Autores principales: Dean, Samantha G., Ricotta, Emily E., Fintzi, Jonathan, Lai, Yi Ling, Kadri, Sameer S., Olivier, Kenneth N., Zelazny, Adrian, Prevots, D. Rebecca
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2020
Materias:
Dispatch
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7454078/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32818422
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2609.200749
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Sumario:We studied 31 US healthcare facilities to characterize trends in mycobacterial testing. During 2009–2015, testing for acid-fast bacilli increased 3.2% annually, and prevalence of pathogenic nontuberculous mycobacteria increased 4.5% annually. These increases were highest for subpopulations at high risk of infection, including older women, Asians, and patients with concurrent conditions.

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