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Volume 23, Number 7—July 2017
Research

Nontuberculous Mycobacteria Infections at a Provincial Reference Hospital, Cambodia

Maryline BonnetComments to Author , Kim Chamroeun San, Yati Pho, Chandara Sok, Jean-Philippe Dousset, William Brant, Northan Hurtado, Khun Kim Eam, Elisa Ardizzoni, Seiha Heng, Sylvain Godreuil, Wing-Wai Yew, and Cathy Hewison
Author affiliations: TRANSVIHMI IRD, INSERM, University of Montpellier, Montpellier, France (M. Bonnet); Epicentre, Paris, France (M. Bonnet, Y. Pho); Médecins Sans Frontières, Paris (K. Chamroeun San, C. Sok, J.-P. Dousset, N. Hurtado, E. Ardizzoni, C. Hewison); University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA (W. Brant); National Center for Tuberculosis and Leprosy Control, Phnom Penh, Cambodia (K.-K. Eam); Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium (E. Ardizzoni); Institut Pasteur, Phnom Penh (S. Heng); INSERM, University of Montpellier, Montpellier (S. Godreuil); Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China (W.-W. Yew)

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Table 6

Comparison of American Thoracic Society classification criteria used to define NTM disease with those used in a study of NTM infections at Kampong Cham Provincial Reference Hospital, Cambodia, October 1, 2012–April 21, 2014*

Radiologic criteria Clinical criteria, in addition to cough of >3 wks duration
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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