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Non-tuberculous mycobacteria hybridisation profiles in the GenoType MTBDRplus assay: experience from a diagnostic routine of a high-throughput laboratory.
Journal of medical microbiology - 1 Feb 2024
Oliveira Rosângela Siqueira de, Chimara Erica, Brandão Angela Pires, Simeão Fernanda Cristina Dos Santos, Souza Andreia Rodrigues de, Gallo Juliana Failde, Pinhata Juliana Maira Watanabe
Abstract excerpt
Introduction. Disease caused by non-tuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) is an emergent problem. Because NTM pulmonary disease and tuberculosis (TB) have similar clinical presentations, many cases of NTM may be misdiagnosed as TB before laboratory identification of the NTM species.Hypothesis/Gap Statement. Clinical laboratories should always perform differentiation between Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBC) and...
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