A study of patients with pulmonary tuberculosis and confirmed coexistence of nontuberculous mycobacteria during treatment: Does the use of the additional acid-fast bacilli sputum test lead to shorter hospitalization?

O. Katsube, H. Takizawa, Y. Kikkawa, Y. Nomura, T. Numao (Utsunomiya, Japan)

Source: International Congress 2014 – Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection and disease: clinical epidemiology 2

Session: Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection and disease: clinical epidemiology 2
Session type: Thematic Poster Session
Number: 2645

Disease area: Respiratory infections

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O. Katsube, H. Takizawa, Y. Kikkawa, Y. Nomura, T. Numao (Utsunomiya, Japan). A study of patients with pulmonary tuberculosis and confirmed coexistence of nontuberculous mycobacteria during treatment: Does the use of the additional acid-fast bacilli sputum test lead to shorter hospitalization?. Eur Respir J 2014; 44: Suppl. 58, 2645

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