Volume 26, Number 9—September 2020
Dispatch
Mycobacterial Testing Trends, United States, 2009–20151
Samantha G. Dean, Emily E. Ricotta, Jonathan Fintzi, Yi Ling Lai2, Sameer S. Kadri, Kenneth N. Olivier, Adrian Zelazny, and D. Rebecca Prevots
Figure 1
Figure 1. Annual percentage change in laboratory testing for acid-fast bacilli in 31 facilities, United States, 2009–2015. Red indicates increasing trends; blue indicates decreasing trends. Error bars indicate 95% CI. COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
1Preliminary results from this study were presented at the IDWeek Conference; October 2–6, 2019; Washington, DC, USA.
2Current affiliation: Kaiser Permanente, Oakland, California, USA.
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