Patients with nontuberculous mycobacteria: comparison of updated and previous diagnostic criteria for lung disease
Patients with nontuberculous mycobacteria: comparison of updated and previous diagnostic criteria for lung disease
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DOI:
10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2012.05.035
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发表时间:
2012-09-01
影响因子:
2.9
通讯作者:
Winthrop, Kevin L.
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作者:
Epson, Erin;Cassidy, Maureen;Winthrop, Kevin L.
We classified patients with respiratory nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) isolates using updated (2007) and previous (1997) American Thoracic Society/Infectious Diseases Society of America criteria for NTM lung disease. We found that a greater proportion of such patients have disease using updated criteria due to improved sensitivity of the microbiologic component of the disease definition. (C) 2012 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.