Prognosis of nontuberculous mycobacterial pulmonary disease according to the method of microbiologic diagnosis

Abstract Microbiological criteria for nontuberculous mycobacterial pulmonary disease (NTM-PD) require cultures from two separate sputum or one non-sputum specimen. However, there is limited data on the progression of NTM-PD following non-sputum culture-based diagnosis. We compared the disease progre...

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Main Authors: Sooim Sin, Seungchul Han, Yeon Joo Lee, Young-jae Cho, Jong Sun Park, Ho Il Yoon, Choon-Taek Lee, Jae Ho Lee
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-04-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-87197-9