Non-tuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) in Zambia: Prevalence, clinical, radiological and microbiological characteristics

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Chanda Kapata, Pascalina ^a,b   Kapata, Nathan ^b,c   Klinkenberg, Eveline ^d,e   Mulenga, Lutinala ^a   Tembo, Mathias ^f   Katemangwe, Patrick ^g   Sunkutu, Veronica ^g   Mwaba, Peter ^a   Grobusch, Martin P ^b  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Zambia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c Ministry of Community Development   (Zambia)

^d KNCV TUBERCULOSIS FOUNDATION   (Netherlands)

^e ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^f Tropical Diseases Research Centre   (Zambia)

^g UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Zambia)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Emerging; Epidemiology; Non tuberculous mycobacteria; Public health; Survey

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATYPICAL MYCOBACTERIOSIS; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COUGHING; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HIV TEST; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MIDDLE AGED; MIXED INFECTION; PREVALENCE; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; THORAX PAIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULOSIS; YOUNG ADULT; ZAMBIA; ATYPICAL MYCOBACTERIUM; COINFECTION; COMPLICATION; COUGH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LUNG; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS, NONTUBERCULOUS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PATHOGENICITY; RADIOGRAPHY; RISK FACTOR; SPUTUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COINFECTION; COUGH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; LUNG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS, NONTUBERCULOUS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONTUBERCULOUS MYCOBACTERIA; PREVALENCE; RADIOGRAPHY; RISK FACTORS; SPUTUM; TUBERCULOSIS; YOUNG ADULT; ZAMBIA;

EID: 84946416467     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12879-015-1264-6     Document Type: Article

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