Isolation of non-tuberculous mycobacteria at three rural settings in Zambia; a pilot study

To assess the role of non-tuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) as a cause of tuberculosis-like diseases in Zambia, 167 chronically ill patients, hospitalized in three rural hospitals in Katete, Sesheke and Chilonga, were examined by microscopy and liquid culture for the presence of NTM. The percentages of...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Clinical microbiology and infection 2010-08, Vol.16 (8), p.1142-1148
Hauptverfasser:	Buijtels, P.C.A.M., van der Sande, M.A.B., Parkinson, S., Verbrugh, H.A., Petit, P.L.C., van Soolingen, D.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adolescent Adult Africa Aged Bacterial diseases Biological and medical sciences Chest Child Colonization Female Geographical distribution Hospitals Human bacterial diseases Humans Infectious diseases Ionizing radiation Liquid culture Male Medical sciences Microscopy Middle Aged Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous - epidemiology Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous - microbiology Mycobacterium intracellulare Mycobacterium lentiflavum Mycobacterium tuberculosis Mycobacterium tuberculosis - isolation & purification non-tuberculous mycobacteria Nontuberculous Mycobacteria - classification Nontuberculous Mycobacteria - isolation & purification Pilot Projects Prevalence Radiography, Thoracic Risk Factors Rural Population Sputum Tuberculosis Tuberculosis - epidemiology Tuberculosis - microbiology Tuberculosis and atypical mycobacterial infections Young Adult Zambia Zambia - epidemiology
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