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Hospital Management of Tuberculosis in a Region With a Low Incidence of Tuberculosis and a High Prevalence of Nontuberculous Mycobacteria
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 02 January 2015
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We 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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