Multidrug resistant tuberculosis versus non-tuberculous mycobacterial infections: a CT-scan challenge

INTRODUCTION: Clinical, laboratory and imaging findings in patients with multidrug resistanttuberculosis (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 tre...

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Published in:	Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases
Main Authors:	Shahram Kahkouee, Elham Esmi, Azadeh Moghadam, Mehrdad Bakhshayesh Karam, Leila Mosadegh, Solmaz Salek, Payam Tabarsi
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Elsevier 2013-04-01
Subjects:	MDR-TB NTM Tuberculosis
Online Access:	http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702013000200004