Routinely detected indicators in plasma have a predictive effect on the identification of HIV-infected patients with non-tuberculous mycobacterial and tuberculous infections

Routinely detected indicators in plasma have a predictive effect on the identification of HIV-infected patients with non-tuberculous mycobacterial and tuberculous infections

Abstract Background It is difficult to quickly distinguish non-tuberculous mycobacterial (NTM) infection from tuberculosis (TB) infection in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected patients because of many similarities between these diseases. A simple and effective way to determine the differenc...

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Main Authors: Ren-tian Cai, Feng-xue Yu, Zhen Tao, Xue-qin Qian, Jun Chen, Hong-zhou Lu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-11-01
Series:Infectious Diseases of Poverty
Subjects:
HIV
Tuberculosis
Non-tuberculous mycobacteria
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40249-017-0347-6

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