Nontuberculous mycobacteria in clinical samples with negative acid-fast bacilli

Background: There is a progressive increase in nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) in pulmonary and extrapulmonary infections that might cause confusion with the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex. To determine the frequency of finding NTM in clinical samples from patients diagnosed with active tuberc...

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Main Authors: Alejandro Hernandez-Solís, Raúl Cicero-Sabido, Maribel González-Villa, Isaura Isabel Martínez-Rivera, América del Pilar Mandujano-Martínez, Benita Pilar Torres-Mazadiego, Claudia Elena Wong-Arámbula, Abril Paulina Rodríguez-Maldonado, Lucia Hernández-Rivas, Heleodora González-González, José Ernesto Ramírez-González
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2017-01-01
Series:International Journal of Mycobacteriology
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Online Access:http://www.ijmyco.org/article.asp?issn=2212-5531;year=2017;volume=6;issue=4;spage=391;epage=395;aulast=Hernandez-Solís