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Recovery rate of NTM from AFB smear-positive sputum specimens at a medical centre in South Korea.

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2005

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Kyeongman Jeon, Won‐Jung Koh, O J Kwon, Gee Young Suh, Man Pyo Chung, Hyeyoung Kim, N Y Lee, Y K Park, G H Bai
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Abstract

These results suggest that a substantial proportion of patients at a tertiary care medical centre in South Korea with AFB smear-positive sputum specimens may have NTM lung disease rather than PTB.