Characterization of non-tuberculous mycobacterial pulmonary disease and pulmonary tuberculosis in patients with AFB smear-positive sputum: A retrospective comparative study
NTM-PD and PTB share similar clinical manifestations. Among them, advanced age, hemoptysis, and dyspnea are the independent predictors for NTM infection. Xpert is an efficiency analysis in discriminating between NTM-PD and PTB in patients with positive sputum AFB.
Authors
- Changsheng Liang
- Wen Gu
- Xiao-Ming Li
- Sun Dezhi
Institutions
- XinHua Hospital (CN)
- Weifang People's Hospital (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Heliyon
- Published
- 2024-09-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e37434
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- Mycobacterium research and diagnosis
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.16