Multidrug resistant tuberculosis versus non-tuberculous mycobacterial infections: a CT-scan challenge
Introduction: Clinical, laboratory and imaging findings in patients with multidrug resistant-tuberculosis (MDR-TB) and non-tuberculosis mycobacterium (NTM) are similar, and the majority of these patients present with positive smear for Acid Fast Bacilli (ADB) and no response to first line anti-TB tr...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2013-03-01
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| Series: | Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases |
| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1413867013000275 |