Multidrug resistant tuberculosis versus non-tuberculous mycobacterial infections: a CT-scan challenge
INTRODUCTION: Clinical, laboratory and imaging findings in patients with multidrug resistanttuberculosis (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 tre...
Main Authors: | Shahram Kahkouee, Elham Esmi, Azadeh Moghadam, Mehrdad Bakhshayesh Karam, Leila Mosadegh, Solmaz Salek, Payam Tabarsi |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
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Series: | Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702013000200004&lng=en&tlng=en |
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