University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.
Emerg Infect Dis. 2011 Mar;17(3):506-9. doi: 10.3201/eid1703.101164.
To determine whether tuberculosis (TB) and nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) infection patients could be distinguished from one another with limited information, we compared pulmonary TB and NTM patients during 2005-2006. Our finding that age, birthplace, and presence of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease could differentiate TB and NTM disease could assist tuberculosis control efforts.
为了确定是否可以通过有限的信息将肺结核(TB)和非结核分枝杆菌(NTM)感染患者区分开来,我们比较了 2005-2006 年期间的肺结核和非结核分枝杆菌患者。我们发现年龄、出生地和慢性阻塞性肺疾病的存在可以区分结核病和非结核分枝杆菌病,这可以帮助结核病控制工作。