Volume 26, Number 9—September 2020
Dispatch
Mycobacterial Testing Trends, United States, 2009–20151
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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.