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Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol · Nov 2001
Hospital management of tuberculosis in a region with a low incidence of tuberculosis and a high prevalence of nontuberculous mycobacteria.
- B D Alexander, J E Stout, L B Reller, and C D Hamilton.
- Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710, USA.
- Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2001 Nov 1;22(11):715-7.
AbstractWe prospectively assessed the management of patients with suspected tuberculosis (TB) in an area with a high prevalence of nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) and a low incidence of TB. Clinicians' assessments were sensitive for TB but had poor predictive value. The acid-fast smear was a weak predictor of TB, owing to a high rate of isolation of NTM.
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