DIAGNOSTIC-CRITERIA FOR PULMONARY-DISEASE CAUSED BY MYCOBACTERIUM-KANSASII AND MYCOBACTERIUM-INTRACELLULARE
- 1 January 1982
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Elsevier
- Vol. 125 (4) , 388-391
- https://doi.org/10.1164/arrd.1982.125.4.388
Abstract
A study of 271 patients infected with M. kansasii and 226 patients infected with M. avium-intracellulare complex led to the proposal of new diagnostic criteria. These criteria, based on the presence or absence of cavitation and on the duration of sputum positivity after initiation of therapy, are proposed to more accurately distinguish colonizations from active invasion of tissue than the current diagnostic criteria.This publication has 4 references indexed in Scilit:
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