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. 2011 Mar;17(3):506-9.
doi: 10.3201/eid1703.101164.

Distinguishing tuberculosis from nontuberculous mycobacteria lung disease, Oregon, USA

Brian A Kendall  1 , Cara D Varley, Dongseok Choi, P Maureen Cassidy, Katrina Hedberg, Mary A Ware, Kevin L Winthrop
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Distinguishing tuberculosis from nontuberculous mycobacteria lung disease, Oregon, USA

Brian A Kendall et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2011 Mar.

Abstract

To determine whether tuberculosis (TB) and nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) infection patients could be distinguished from one another with limited information, we compared pulmonary TB and NTM patients during 2005-2006. Our finding that age, birthplace, and presence of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease could differentiate TB and NTM disease could assist tuberculosis control efforts.

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Positive predictive values (PPV) for tuberculosis of demographic and clinical factors in combination. TB, tuberculosis; COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; *9 patients missing birthplace; †45 patients missing birthplace.
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