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Pulmonary non-tuberculous mycobacteria in The Gambia: colonisation and clinically-relevant disease

2022-07-19

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<h4>Background: </h4> The clinical relevance of pulmonary non-tuberculous mycobacteria (PNTM) in The Gambia is unknown. The aim of this study was to estimate the prevalence of non-tuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) in colonisation, and the burden of clinically relevant pulmonary NTM (PNTM) disease in The Gambia. <h4>Method: </h4> This was a cross-sectional study of the prevalence of NTM in participants aged ≥15 years,...

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DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-1760398/v1

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