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Emerg Infect Dis
; 17(3): 506-9, 2011 Mar.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-21392445
ABSTRACT
To determine whether tuberculosis (TB) and nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) infection patients could be distinguished from one another with limited information, we compared pulmonary TB and NTM patients during 2005-2006. Our finding that age, birthplace, and presence of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease could differentiate TB and NTM disease could assist tuberculosis control efforts.