TY - JOUR AU - Kendall, Brian A. AU - Varley, Cara D. AU - Choi, Dongseok AU - Cassidy, P. Maureen AU - Hedberg, Katrina AU - Ware, Mary A. AU - Winthrop, Kevin L. T1 - Distinguishing Tuberculosis from Nontuberculous Mycobacteria Lung Disease, Oregon, USA T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2011 VL - 17 IS - 3 SP - 506 SN - 1080-6059 AB - 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. KW - Bacteria KW - Mycobacterium tuberculosis KW - Mycobacterium avium KW - tuberculosis and other mycobatcteria KW - pulmonary KW - respiratory infections KW - nontuberculous mycobacteria KW - infection control KW - diagnosis KW - dispatch KW - Oregon KW - USA KW - United States DO - 10.3201/eid1703.101164 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/17/3/10-1164_article ER - End of Reference