Isolation of Non-Tuberculous Mycobacteria in Children Investigated for Pulmonary Tuberculosis
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Isolation of Non-Tuberculous Mycobacteria in Children Investigated for Pulmonary Tuberculosis
OBJECTIVE To evaluate the frequency and clinical significance of non-tuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) isolates among children investigated for pulmonary tuberculosis in a rural South African community. METHODS Children were investigated for pulmonary tuberculosis as part of a tuberculosis vaccine surveillance program (2001-2005). The clinical features of children in whom NTM were isolated, from...
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[This corrects the article DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0169757.].
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Non-tuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) include more than 160 ubiquitous, environmental, acid-fast-staining bacterial species, some of which may cause disease in humans. Chronic pulmonary infection is the most common clinical manifestation. Although patients suffering from chronic lung diseases are particularly susceptible to NTM pulmonary disease, many affected patients have no apparent risk factor...
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عنوان ژورنال: PLoS ONE
سال: 2006
ISSN: 1932-6203
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0000021