ArticleJournal of clinical tuberculosis and other mycobacterial diseases2020
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- Prevalence of non-tuberculous mycobacteria among people with acid-fast positive presumptive tuberculosis in Mali.PloS one · 2024Article
- A 35-Year-Old Man with Chronic Cough and Worsening Dyspnea.NEJM evidence · 2023Article
- Diagnostic value of bronchoscopy in sputum-negative pulmonary tuberculosis patients and its correlation with clinicoradiological features.Annals of thoracic medicineArticle
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Abstract
objectiveTo analyze and interpret clinical microbiology data for specimens tested with the fluorochrome stain (AFB stain), mycobacterial culture and a laboratory-developed
methodsRetrospective cohort analysis of 2798 respiratory specimens from 2006 patients in the period between November 1st, 2011 and January 1st, 2018.
results53.7% were males, median age was 61 years, and 43 patients were HIV positive. Results demonstrated positive mycobacterial cultures for MTB in 52 specimens (1.9%) and for nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) or aerobic actinomycetes (eg.,
conclusionsThe combination of a positive AFB smear with a negative MTB PCR offers a rapid result to rule out active pulmonary MTB in a low prevalence setting. In this study, that combination reliably excluded active tuberculosis (NPV of 99.2%). The combination of a positive AFB smear with a negative MTB PCR indicated pulmonary NTM infection with the results available within 1 day. There was little benefit to pursuing collection and testing of more than 2 respiratory specimens in a low prevalence setting for both long term diagnostic or rapid isolation discontinuation purposes.
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