Assessment of current diagnostic algorithm for detection of mixed infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis and nontuberculous mycobacteria

• Main Authors: Qian Liang (Author), Yuanyuan Shang (Author), Fengmin Huo (Author), Yi Xue (Author), Yunxu Li (Author), Lingling Dong (Author), Shanshan Li (Author), Yu Pang (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: The increasing pulmonary diseases are reported to be affected by mixed infection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) and nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM). In this study, our objective was to assess the efficiency of mycobacterial culture plus DNA sequencing to detect the mixed infection...