Pulmonary nontuberculous mycobacterial infections: presumptive diagnosis based on the international microbiological criteria adopted in the state of São Paulo, Brazil, 2011-2014
ABSTRACT Objective: Pulmonary nontuberculous mycobacterial infections are caused by nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM), the microbiological diagnosis of which involves the isolation and identification of the same species in at least two sputum samples, one BAL fluid sample, or one lung biopsy sample...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sociedade Brasileira de Pneumologia e Tisiologia
2019-04-01
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| Series: | Jornal Brasileiro de Pneumologia |
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| Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1806-37132019000200204&lng=en&tlng=en |