Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease
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Diagn. Microbiol. Infect. Dis. · Sep 2012
Patients with nontuberculous mycobacteria: comparison of updated and previous diagnostic criteria for lung disease.
We classified patients with respiratory nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) isolates using updated (2007) and previous (1997) American Thoracic Society/Infectious Diseases Society of America criteria for NTM lung disease. We found that a greater proportion of such patients have disease using updated criteria due to improved sensitivity of the microbiologic component of the disease definition.