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Comparison of Sputum-Culture Conversion for Mycobacterium bovis and M. tuberculosis.
Emerging infectious diseases - 1 Mar 2017
Scott Colleen, Cavanaugh Joseph S, Silk Benjamin J, Ershova Julia, Mazurek Gerald H, LoBue Philip A, Moonan Patrick K
Abstract excerpt
Current US guidelines recommend longer treatment for tuberculosis (TB) caused by pyrazinamide-resistant organisms (e.g., Mycobacterium bovis) than for M. tuberculosis TB. We compared treatment response times for patients with M. bovis TB and M. tuberculosis TB reported in the United States during 2006-2013. We included culture-positive, pulmonary TB patients with genotyping results who received standard 4-drug...
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