Volume 23, Number 7—July 2017
Research
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria Infections at a Provincial Reference Hospital, Cambodia
Table 6
Radiologic criteria | Clinical criteria, in addition to cough of >3 wks duration |
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Same NTM species in 2 sputum samples‡ | NTM in only 1 sputum sample | NTM and MTBc in 1 sputum sample | Total | |
Chest radiograph results | ||||
Suggestive†‡ | 12 (8)‡ | 24 (1) | 4 | 40 |
Abnormal but nonsuggestive | 2 (1) | 44 | 0 | 46 |
Normal |
3 |
39 (1) |
0 |
42 |
Total | 16 | 108 | 4 | 128 |
*CR, chest radiograph; MTBc, Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex; NTM, nontuberculous mycobacterial.
†Presence of nodules, cavities, or bronchiectasis.
‡Criteria corresponding to the NTM lung disease classification according to the American Thoracic Society. Numbers in parentheses correspond to the cases classified as NTM lung disease by the study’s expert committee.
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