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Prevalence of Latent Tuberculous Infection in Patients With Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Lung Disease and Colonization: A Prospective Study in an Intermediate Tuberculosis Burden Country

BACKGROUND: Controlling latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) is important in eliminating tuberculosis (TB); however, the prevalence of LTBI has rarely been studied in patients with nontuberculous mycobacterial (NTM) lung disease (LD) and colonization (LC). METHODS: We prospectively recruited subject...

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Autores principales: Lee, Ho-Sheng, Wei, Yu-Feng, Tsai, Yi-Jung, Wang, Ping-Huai, Chen, Chung-Yu, Pan, Sheng-Wei, Shu, Chin-Chung
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8883589/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35237704
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofac072