Is It Time to Move the Goalposts?

Affiliations

¹ University of South Florida College of Public Health and Morsani College of Medicine, Tampa, Florida, USA.
² Roche Molecular Systems, Pleasanton, California, USA.

Comment

Max Salfinger et al. Clin Infect Dis. 2021.

. 2021 Apr 8;72(7):1138-1140.

doi: 10.1093/cid/ciaa250.

¹ University of South Florida College of Public Health and Morsani College of Medicine, Tampa, Florida, USA.
² Roche Molecular Systems, Pleasanton, California, USA.

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Keywords: Mycobacterium; diagnostic criteria; guidelines; nontuberculous mycobacteria; pulmonary disease.

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