Hospital Management of Tuberculosis in a Region With a Low Incidence of Tuberculosis and a High Prevalence of Nontuberculous Mycobacteria
- 1 November 2001
- journal article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology
- Vol. 22 (11), 715-717
- https://doi.org/10.1086/501851
Abstract
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.Keywords
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