Multidrug resistant tuberculosis versus non-tuberculous mycobacterial infections: a CT-scan challenge

Introduction: Clinical, laboratory and imaging findings in patients with multidrug resistant-tuberculosis (MDR-TB) and non-tuberculosis mycobacterium (NTM) are similar, and the majority of these patients present with positive smear for Acid Fast Bacilli (ADB) and no response to first line anti-TB tr...

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Main Authors: Shahram Kahkouee, Elham Esmi, Azadeh Moghadam, Mehrdad Bakhshayesh Karam, Leila Mosadegh, Solmaz Salek, Payam Tabarsi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2013-03-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1413867013000275