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Etiology of pulmonary infections in predominantly HIV-infected adults with suspected tuberculosis, Botswana.

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2003

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Shahin Lockman, N M Hone, T A Kenyon, Michael Mwasekaga, M Villauthapillai, Tracy Creek, Elizabeth R. Zell, Andrew Kirby, W. Lanier Thacker, Deborah F. Talkington,
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Abstract

Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection was quite common despite clinical suspicion of TB, and sputum induction and PCR did not significantly improve our ability to diagnose TB, although clinical presentation had some predictive value.