A Method for Visual Scoring of Pulmonary Mycobacterium Avium Complex Disease: “NICE Scoring System”

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  • Atsuyuki Kurashima
  • Kozo Morimoto
  • Mitsuko Horibe
  • Yoshihiko Hoshino
  • Yuji Shiraishi
چکیده

In recent years there has been an increase in the incidence of nontuberculous mycobacteriosis, particularly of Mycobacterium avium complex lung disease, among people without HIV infection in many countries [1]. In Japan, the estimated incidence rate of nontuberculous mycobacteriosis in the 1970s was around 1.0 per 100,000 populations, but by 2007 it had risen to about 5.8 per 100,000, the highest level in the world [2]. No bactericidal drug or protocol of combination drugs has yet been found for nontuberculous mycobacteriosis [3],

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تاریخ انتشار 2013